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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Peter Adamson, Professor of Philosophy at the LMU in Munich and at King"s College London, takes listeners through the history of philosophy, "without any gaps". www.historyofphilosophy.net

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49:19

HoP 500d Ted Good on Zoroastrianism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/10/06

In the fourth of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Ted Good about philosophy and the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism.

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41:28

HoP 500c Troels Engberg-Pedersen on St Paul and the...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/10/03

In the third of five episodes to mark the 500 episode milestone, an expert on Paul's letters tells us how Stoic ideas shaped his philosophy and theology.

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43:52

HoP 500b Melissa Lane on Herotodus and Thucydides

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/09/30

Our second episode in celebration of reaching the 500 mark fills a significant gap: Melissa Lane helps us to understand the ancient Greek historians Herotodus and Thucydides, including their relationship to Plato.

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50:00

HoP 500a Marguerite Johnson on Sappho

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/09/27

In the first of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to a leading expert on the poems of Sappho.

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23:37

HoP 499 Beyond Belief: Bayle, Toleration, and Atheism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/09/13

Pierre Bayle argues that religious disagreements should be tolerated and that there are powerful arguments against monotheism, even as some contemporaries embrace outright atheism.

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42:13

Bonus Episode: Glenn Adamson on A Century of Tomorrows

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/08/16

Go to www.glennadamson.com to find out more about Glenn's books including A Century of Tomorrows

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20:31

HoP 498 Probably Probable: Pierre Bayle and his...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/07/26

Is Pierre Bayle’s pioneering reference work, the Historical and Critical Dictionary, a monument to skepticism or to fideism?

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19:10

HoP 497 Pure and Simple: Quietism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/07/12

The “Quietists” Jeanne Guyon and François Fénelon argue that self-love can be overcome by cultivating a “pure love” for God. Their reward: to be accused of heresy.

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16:51

HoP 496 He Unwilling, She Unwilling: Jean Racine

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/06/28

How the “neo-classical” tragedies of Racine explore the battle between passion and reason.

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18:03

HoP 495 Comedy of Errors: Molière

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/06/14

Molière’s famous comedies scandalize Paris and dramatize themes from French moralism, especially the danger of hypocrisy.

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23:01

HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French...

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/05/31

La Rochefoucauld and other “moralists” offer a penetrating and witty critique of human pride, selfishness, and hypocrisy. Is this just cynicism, or does it support a positive ethic?

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21:18

HoP 493 Better Nature: The French Garden

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/05/17

How the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.

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21:18

HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/05/03

How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”

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19:05

HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/04/19

Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.

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32:15

HoP 490 Steven Nadler on Occasionalism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/04/05

What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.

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21:17

HoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/03/22

What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?

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19:34

HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/03/08

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.

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21:58

HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/02/22

Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.

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19:32

HoP 486 Friends of the Truth: Arnauld and Jansenism

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/02/08

Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century.

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38:41

HoP 485 Liz Jackson on Pascal's Wager

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps ·

2026/01/25

An interview on contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager: where decision theory meets philosophy of religion.

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