Peter Adamson
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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.” The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition. www.historyofphilosophy.net. NOTE: iTunes shows only the most recent 300 episodes; subscribe on iTunes or go to a different platform for the whole series.
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Jun 28, 2026
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Episodes
HoP 372 - Strong, Silent Type - the Printing Press 09.05.2021 22:33
The impact of the printing press on the history of philosophy, and its role in helping to trigger the Reformation.
HoP 371 - European Disunion - Introduction to the Reformation 25.04.2021 25:43
How humanism and scholasticism came together with the Protestant Reformation to create the philosophy of 15-16th century Europe.
HoP 370 - Ingrid Rowland on Rome in the Renaissance 11.04.2021 27:57
For our finale of the Italian Renaissance series we're joined by Ingrid Rowland, to speak about art, philosophy, and persecution in Renaissance Rome.
HoP 369 - The Harder They Fall - Galileo and the Renaissance 28.03.2021 23:08
Did Galileo’s scientific discoveries grow out of the culture of the Italian Renaissance?
HoP 368 - Boundless Enthusiasm - Giordano Bruno 14.03.2021 23:28
Giordano Bruno’s stunning vision of an infinite universe with infinite worlds, and his own untimely end.
HoP 367 - Brian Copenhaver on Renaissance Magic 28.02.2021 34:30
Our guest Brian Copenhaver joins us to explain how Ficino and other Renaissance philosophers thought about magic.
HoP 366 - The Men Who Saw Tomorrow - Renaissance Magic and Astrology 14.02.2021 23:52
Ficino, Pico, Cardano, and other Renaissance thinkers debate whether astrology and magic are legitimate sciences with a foundation in natural philosophy.
HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature 31.01.2021 20:52
Was the natural philosophy of Bernardino Telesio and Tommaso Campanella the first modern physical theory?
HoP 364 - Guido Giglioni on Renaissance Medicine 17.01.2021 27:02
An interview with Guido Giglioni, who speaks to us about the sources and philosophical implications of medical works of the Renaissance.
HoP 363 - Man of Discoveries - Girolamo Cardano 03.01.2021 20:36
The polymath Girolamo Cardano explores medicine, mathematics, philosophy of mind, and the interpretation of dreams.
HoP 362 - Just What the Doctor Ordered - Renaissance Medicine 20.12.2020 20:16
Connections between philosophy and advances in medicine, including the anatomy of Vesalius.
HoP 361 - The Measure of All Things - Renaissance Mathematics and Art 06.12.2020 22:30
The humanist study of Pythagoras, Archimides and other ancient mathematicians goes hand in hand with the use of mathematics in painting and architecture.
HoP 360 - Dag N. Hasse on Arabic Learning in the Renaissance 22.11.2020 25:35
An interview with Dag Nikolaus Hasse on the Renaissance reception of Averroes, Avicenna, and other authors who wrote in Arabic.
HoP 359 - There and Back Again - Zabarella on Scientific Method 08.11.2020 21:43
Jacopo Zabarella outlines the correct method for pursuing, and then presenting, scientific discoveries.
HoP 358 - Of Two Minds - Pomponazzi and Nifo on the Intellect 25.10.2020 22:10
Pietro Pomponazzi and Agostino Nifo debate the immortality of the soul and the cogency of Averroes’ theory of intellect.
HoP 357 - David Lines on Aristotle's Ethics in the Renaissance 11.10.2020 26:26
An interview with David Lines on the role of Aristotle in Renaissance ethics.
HoP 356 - I’d Like to Thank the Lyceum - Aristotle in Renaissance Italy 27.09.2020 23:16
Aristotle’s works are edited, printed, and translated, leading to new assessments of his thought among both humanists and scholastics.
HoP 355 - Town and Gown - Italian Universities 13.09.2020 22:34
The blurry line dividing humanism and scholastic university culture in the Italian Renaissance.
HoP 354 - Greed is Good - Economics in the Italian Renaissance 26.07.2020 25:30
Leon Battista Alberti, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Poggio Bracciolini grapple with the moral and conceptual problems raised by the prospect of people getting filthy rich.
HoP 353 - The Good Place - Utopias in the Italian Renaissance 12.07.2020 22:34
Tommaso Campanella’s “The City of the Sun” and other utopian works of the Italian Renaissance describe perfect cities as an ideal for real life politics.
HoP 352 - The Teacher of Our Actions - Renaissance Historiography 28.06.2020 22:59
Bruni, Poggio, Machiavelli, and Guicciardini explore political ideas and historical method in works on Roman and Italian history.
HoP 351 - Quentin Skinner on Machiavelli 14.06.2020 35:29
Leading Machiavelli scholar Quentin Skinner joins Peter to discuss morality, history, and religion in the Prince and the Discourses.
HoP 350 - The Sentence - Machiavelli on Republicanism 31.05.2020 23:56
Peter celebrates reaching 350 episodes by explaining a single sentence in Machiavelli's "Discourses."
HoP 349 - No More Mr Nice Guy - Machiavelli 17.05.2020 20:42
Machiavelli’s seminal work of political advice, "The Prince," tells the ruler how to be strong like a lion and cunning like a fox.
HoP 348 - The Sweet Restraints of Liberty - Republicanism and Civic Humanism 03.05.2020 20:36
Did “civic humanism” really make republicanism a newly dominant political theory in the Italian Renaissance?
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