HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted - Philosophy and Two Renaissance Artworks

HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted -...

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HoP 501 Mara van der Lugt on Bayle and Pessimism

An interview on the surprising comforts to be found in the philosophy of pessimism, focusing on Bayle but looking all the way forward to Schopenhauer. 

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HoP 500e Daniel Watson on Medieval Irish Philosophy

In the last of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Daniel Watson about philosophy in early medieval Ireland. 

 . 35min 12sec

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