Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
How revolutionary was the Copernican Revolution?
John Sellars returns to the podcast to discuss Lipsius' work on Seneca and the early modern Neo-Stoi
Justus Lipsius draws on Seneca and other Stoics to counsel peace of mind in the face of political ch
Amidst religious conflict in the Netherlands, Dirck Coornhert pleads for religious toleration and fr
Schegk, Taurellus, Gorlaeus, and Sennert revive atomism to explain chemical reactions, the compositi
Paracelsus adapts the tradition of alchemical science for use in medicine, and in the process overtu
An interview with Helen Hattab on the scope and impact of scholastic philosophy among Protestants.
Was Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa a dark magician, a pious skeptic, or both?
In a surprise twist, some Protestant thinkers embrace the methods of scholasticism, and even find so
John Calvin's views on predestination and the limits of human reason.
The Swiss theologian Zwingli launches the Reformation in Switzerland, but clashes with Luther and mo
Faced with massive political upheaval and the rise of the Anabaptists, Luther argues for a socially
Luther’s close ally Melanchthon uses his knowledge of ancient philosophy and rhetoric in the service
Erasmus clashes with Martin Luther over the question whether our wills are free or enslaved to sin.
How radical was Luther? We find out from Lyndal Roper, who also discusses Luther and the Peasants' W
How Luther’s doctrine of justification by faith alone and his attack on the Church relate to the his
Trends in Aristotelian philosophy in northern and eastern Europe in the fifteenth century, featuring
The “learned piety” of Desiderius Erasmus, the greatest figure of northern humanism.
Learned ignorance, coincidence of opposites and religious peace: Paul Richard Blum discusses the cen
The radical negative theology of Nicholas of Cusa, and his hope of establishing peace between the re
