History of Philosophy

Philo of Alexandria uses Platonism to understand the Bible of Moses

Pioneering thinkers Eudorus, Alcinous, and Numenius fuse Pythagoreanism with Platonism and pave the way for Plotinus.

In late antiquity, Aristotelianism and Platonism made a comeback, and pagan philosophy developed alongside Judaism and Christianity.

Jim Hankinson tells Peter about the life, work and philosophical contributions of Galen

Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment

Leading Hellenistic philosophy scholar Tony Long talks to Peter about the self, ethics and politics in the Stoics, Epicureans and Skeptics

Sextus Empiricus pushes skepticism to its limits with his uncompromising Pyrrhonism

Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf

Cicero, inspired by the skepticism of the New Academy, uses his literary talents to present the wisdom of the Greeks

The Skeptical Academy attacks Stoic claims that certain knowledge is possible

Peter begins to examine ancient Skepticism, beginning with Pyrrho's life and doctrines, or lack thereof

John Sellars joins Peter to discuss the Roman Stoics and their "art of living"

Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived

Epictetus, greatest of the Roman Stoics, tells you how to set yourself free

Seneca wields his rhetorically charged Latin to advance Stoic ethical theory