History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Boethius ushers in the medieval age with expert works on Aristotle, subtle treatises on theology, and the Consolation of Philosophy, written while he awaited execution.

Apuleius, Victorinus, Martianus Cappella, Macrobius and Calcidius present and interpret Platonic teachings for readers of Latin.

In a final episode on Augustine, Charles Brittain joins Peter to discuss On the Trinity.

In On the Trinity Augustine explores the human mind as an image of God.

Peter speaks with Sarah Byers about the Stoic influence on Augustine's ethics and theory of action.

In his City of God Augustine traces the histories and philosophical underpinnings of two “cities,” one devoted to worldly glory, the other to heavenly bliss.

Augustine defends free will, but rejects the Pelagian claim that we can be good without God's help.

Augustine argues that words are signs, but not signs that can bring us to knowledge.

In the Confessions Augustine weaves autobiography with reflections on the nature of God, man, and time.

Tertullian, Lactantius, Jerome and Ambrose use and abuse Hellenic philosophy.

George Boys-Stones joins Peter to discuss philosophy in the Bible and the Greek Fathers.

Christian ascetics like Antony, Macrina and Evagrius create a new ethical ideal by pushing the human capacity for self-control to its limits.

The early Byzantine thinker Maximus uses Aristotle to defend the orthodox view of Christ's two natures

A mysterious author calling himself Dionysius fuses Neoplatonism with Christianity

Basil of Caesarea, his brother Gregory of Nyssa, and Gregory of Nazianzus use philosophy to help the poor and to defeat their theological opponents