Psellos and other experts in rhetoric explore how this art of persuasion relates to philosophy.

HoP 311 - The Elements of Style - Rhetoric in Byzantium

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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Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.

HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival

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 311 - The Elements of Style - Rhetoric in Byzantium

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