History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson
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Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net

  1. 2 dgn geleden

    HoP 498 Probably Probable: Pierre Bayle and his Dictionary

    Is Pierre Bayle’s pioneering reference work, the Historical and Critical Dictionary, a monument to skepticism or to fideism?

  2. 12 jul

    HoP 497 Pure and Simple: Quietism

    The “Quietists” Jeanne Guyon and François Fénelon argue that self-love can be overcome by cultivating a “pure love” for God. Their reward: to be accused of heresy.

  3. 28 jun

    HoP 496 He Unwilling, She Unwilling: Jean Racine

    How the “neo-classical” tragedies of Racine explore the battle between passion and reason.

  4. 14 jun

    HoP 495 Comedy of Errors: Molière

    Molière’s famous comedies scandalize Paris and dramatize themes from French moralism, especially the danger of hypocrisy.

  5. 31 mei

    HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists

    La Rochefoucauld and other “moralists” offer a penetrating and witty critique of human pride, selfishness, and hypocrisy. Is this just cynicism, or does it support a positive ethic?

  6. 17 mei

    HoP 493 Better Nature: The French Garden

    How the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.

  7. 3 mei

    HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism

    How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”

  8. 19 apr

    HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas

    Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.

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