Paracelsus adapts the tradition of alchemical science for use in medicine, and in the process overturns the scientific theories of Aristotle and Galen.

HoP 388 - Just Add Salt - Paracelsus and Alchemy

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

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Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.

HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits

Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross push the boundaries of individual spirituality and offer philosophically informed accounts of mystical experience.

HoP 444 - The Dark Night Rises - Spanish Mysticism

Fray Luis de Leon, Antonio Nebrija, Beatriz Galindo and other scholars bring the Renaissance to Spain.

HoP 443 - Marketplace of Letters - Iberian Humanism

In this interview we learn about the main issues in modern-day philosophy of disability, and the relevance of this topic for the European encounter with the Americas.

HoP 442 - Scott Williams on Disability and the New World

Bartholomé De las Casas argues against opponents, like Sepúlveda, who believed that Europeans had a legal and moral right to rule over and exploit the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

HoP 388 - Just Add Salt - Paracelsus and Alchemy

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