Looking back at Purgatory after a reading the Paradiso, more things are standing out and shining even more clearly.

In this episode we'll look at the "Age of Utopia", the third volume of John Strickland's great history work "Paradise and Utopia". We'll especially discuss the view of the Florentine Renaissance and Humanism, from the Greek Orthodox perspective. 

Book Talks: https://awpodcast.com/renaissance

Age of Utopia: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Age-Utopia-Christendom-Renaissance-Revolution-ebook/dp/B09MDQ8M5Q

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and Happy New Year!

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Music credits:

Night in Venice by Kevin MacLeod.

A look at two great highlights from Canto 25 in Dante's Purgatory; the nature of the relationship between the body and the soul, and when during the development of the embryo the soul/consciousness enters the fetus.

Tommaso's video on this canto is here:

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Thanks for listening!

Good morning! 

In this episode we'll talk about Dante's Letter to his patron in Verona Can Grande della Scala, and two upcoming new books this November, from historian John Strickland and from philosopher and scientist Iain McGilchrist.

Enjoy! 😊