Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Pioneering thinkers Eudorus, Alcinous, and Numenius fuse Pythagoreanism with Platonism and pave the
In late antiquity, Aristotelianism and Platonism made a comeback, and pagan philosophy developed alo
Jim Hankinson tells Peter about the life, work and philosophical contributions of Galen
Hellenistic doctors discover the nerves and argue about method; Galen passes judgment
Leading Hellenistic philosophy scholar Tony Long talks to Peter about the self, ethics and politics
Sextus Empiricus pushes skepticism to its limits with his uncompromising Pyrrhonism
Peter discusses Cicero's method and philosophical allegiances with Raphael Woolf
Cicero, inspired by the skepticism of the New Academy, uses his literary talents to present the wisd
The Skeptical Academy attacks Stoic claims that certain knowledge is possible
Peter begins to examine ancient Skepticism, beginning with Pyrrho's life and doctrines, or lack ther
John Sellars joins Peter to discuss the Roman Stoics and their "art of living"
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations are a classic of Stoicism written by the most powerful philosopher who
Epictetus, greatest of the Roman Stoics, tells you how to set yourself free
Seneca wields his rhetorically charged Latin to advance Stoic ethical theory
David Sedley discusses the Stoic school and its evolution
The Stoic ethical theory insists that perfection is possible, and that moral responsibility is compa
The Stoic cosmos: suffused with divinity, surrounded by void, and endlessly repeating
The Stoics set out and defend an ambitious theory of knowledge, where it is possible to avoid all er
Introducing the early Stoics, Zeno, Cleanthes and Chrysippus, and their innovations in logic
James Warren chats with Peter about the pleasures of Epicureanism
