Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
In "On the Nature of Things" Lucretius sets Epicureanism into Latin poetic verse
The Epicureans reassure us against the terrors of death and punishment by the gods
Pleasure is the good, according to Epicurus. But how do we live most pleasantly?
Epicurus sets out an empiricist theory of knowledge and atomist physics, in support of hedonism
The Cyrenaics, the ultimate pleasure seekers of ancient philosophy
A recording of Peter's lecture delivered on Oct 25, 2011, at the Arts and Humanities festival on "Th
Diogenes and the other Cynics “deface the currency” by exposing the hypocrisy of Greek society.
Introducing the Stoics, Skeptics, Epicureans and Cynics, the schools of the Hellenistic age
The Old Academy and Theophrastus carry on the legacy of Plato and Aristotle
Peter's colleagues MM McCabe and Raphael Woolf join him for a special 50th episode interview, to dis
In the Rhetoric and Poetics, Aristotle explores persuasive speech and engages with ancient tragedy
Aristotle's Politics responds to Plato's Republic and sets out its own ideas about the ideal state,
Drawing on the De Anima, On the Heavens, Physics and Metaphysics, Peter tackles Aristotle’s theory o
Dominic Scott discusses Aristotle's method in his Nicomachean Ethics
What place does Aristotle leave for pleasure and friendship in his vision of the good life?
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics on happiness and virtue
In his zoology, Aristotle divides and defines all kinds of animals, and so invents the science of bi
Aristotle's theory of soul: its functions and how it relates to the body
Richard Sorabji discusses time, eternity and mosquitos in Aristotle's Physics
Aristotle's Physics explains change, time and place with the help of his actuality/potentiality dist
