Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King's College London, takes list
Humanists from Bruni and Valla to Pontano and Castiglione ask whether ancient ethical teachings can
Jill Kraye returns to the podcast to discuss the nature of humanism, its relation to scholasticism,
Lorenzo Valla launches a furious attack on scholastic philosophy, favoring the resources of classica
Coluccio Salutati and Leonardo Bruni combine eloquence with philosophy, taking as their model the re
Bessarion and George Trapenzuntius, rival scholars from the Greek east who helped inspire the Italia
A first look at the themes and figures of philosophy in the Italian Renaissance.
The series on Byzantium concludes as Michele Trizio discusses the mutual influence of Byzantium and
When the Byzantine empire ended in 1453, philosophy in Greek did not end with it. In this episode we
Was Gemistos Plethon, the last great thinker of the Byzantine tradition, a secret pagan or just a Ch
Thomas Aquinas finds avid readers among Byzantines at the twilight of empire, and is used by both si
Gregory Palamas and the controversy over his teaching that we can go beyond human reason by grasping
Mathematics and the sciences in Byzantium, focusing on scholars of the Palaiologan period like Blemm
Historian Judith Herrin joins us to talk about competition and mutual influence between Islam and By
Intellectual exchange between Christians and Muslims, and the later flowering of Syriac literature i
The Neoplatonist Proclus gets mixed reviews from Christians, as Nicholas of Methone refutes him but
Peter's Munich colleague Oliver Primavesi tells us how Greek manuscripts are used to establish the t
Without handwritten copies produced by Byzantine scribes, we would know almost nothing about ancient
Legal and economic thought in Byzantium: the sources of the law’s authority, the relation of church
The role of women in Byzantine society and the complex attitudes surrounding eunuchs: did they make
A chat about commentaries on Aristotle from Byzantium with guest Katerina Ierodiakonou.
