Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Rudolph Agricola, Juan Luis Vives and other humanist scholars spread the study of classical antiquit
The impact of the printing press on the history of philosophy, and its role in helping to trigger th
How humanism and scholasticism came together with the Protestant Reformation to create the philosoph
For our finale of the Italian Renaissance series we're joined by Ingrid Rowland, to speak about art,
Did Galileo’s scientific discoveries grow out of the culture of the Italian Renaissance?
Giordano Bruno’s stunning vision of an infinite universe with infinite worlds, and his own untimely
Our guest Brian Copenhaver joins us to explain how Ficino and other Renaissance philosophers thought
Ficino, Pico, Cardano, and other Renaissance thinkers debate whether astrology and magic are legitim
Was the natural philosophy of Bernardino Telesio and Tommaso Campanella the first modern physical th
An interview with Guido Giglioni, who speaks to us about the sources and philosophical implications
The polymath Girolamo Cardano explores medicine, mathematics, philosophy of mind, and the interpreta
Connections between philosophy and advances in medicine, including the anatomy of Vesalius.
The humanist study of Pythagoras, Archimides and other ancient mathematicians goes hand in hand with
An interview with Dag Nikolaus Hasse on the Renaissance reception of Averroes, Avicenna, and other a
Jacopo Zabarella outlines the correct method for pursuing, and then presenting, scientific discoveri
Pietro Pomponazzi and Agostino Nifo debate the immortality of the soul and the cogency of Averroes’
An interview with David Lines on the role of Aristotle in Renaissance ethics.
Aristotle’s works are edited, printed, and translated, leading to new assessments of his thought amo
The blurry line dividing humanism and scholastic university culture in the Italian Renaissance.
Leon Battista Alberti, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Poggio Bracciolini grapple with the moral and concept
