Ranked #1
HoP 075 - The Joy of Sects - Ancient Medicine and Philosophy
HoP 075 - The Joy of Sects - Ancient Medicine and Philosophy
Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment
8 Apr 2012
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24mins
Ranked #2
HoP 072 - Raphael Woolf on Cicero
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Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf
18 Mar 2012
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28mins
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Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who ever lived
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HoP 080 - Delphic Utterances - Plutarch
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Plutarch was a historian, a priest of Apollo, and a Platonist
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Epictetus, greatest of the Roman Stoics, tells you how to set yourself free
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HoP 087 - A God is My Co-Pilot - the Life and Works of Plotinus
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Peter introduces Plotinus, the greatest philosopher of late antiquity and the founder of Neoplatonism
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HoP 083 - Not Written in Stone – Alexander of Aphrodisias
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Alexander of Aphrodisias writes the greatest ancient commentaries on Aristotle and tries to demolish the Stoic teaching ... Read more
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HoP 338 - All About Eve - the Defense of Women
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HoP 339 - I’d Like to Thank the Academy - Florentine Platonism
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HoP 065 - Anger Management - Seneca
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Seneca wields his rhetorically charged Latin to advance Stoic ethical theory
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HoP 293 - The Good Wife - Gender and Sexuality in the Middle Ages
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Medieval attitudes towards homosexuality, sex and chastity, and the status of women. Authors discussed include Aquinas, ... Read more
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HoP 054 - Instant Gratification - the Cyrenaics
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The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy
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HoP 082 - Lost and Found – Aristotelianism after Aristotle
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23mins
