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History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
Hosted by Peter Adamson · EN
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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HoP 497 Pure and Simple: Quietism
6d ago00:19:10Summary readyThe “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.
SummaryHoP 496 He Unwilling, She Unwilling: Jean Racine
3w ago00:16:51Summary readyHow the “neo-classical” tragedies of Racine explore the battle between passion and reason.
SummaryHoP 495 Comedy of Errors: Molière
Jun 1400:18:03Summary readyMolière’s famous comedies scandalize Paris and dramatize themes from French moralism, especially the danger of hypocrisy.
SummaryHoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists
May 3100:23:01Summary readyLa 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?
SummaryHoP 493 Better Nature: The French Garden
May 1700:21:18Summary readyHow the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.
SummaryHoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French Scholasticism
May 300:21:18Summary readyHow philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”
SummaryHoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on Ideas
Apr 1900:19:05Summary readyArnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.
SummaryHoP 490 Steven Nadler on Occasionalism
Apr 500:32:15Summary readyWhat inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.
SummaryHoP 489 All Power to Him: Malebranche and Occasionalism
Mar 2200:21:17Summary readyWhat 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?
SummaryHoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche
Mar 800:19:34Summary readyWe begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.
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