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21. Sor-Hoon Tan on Confucian DemocracyPosted on
Can classical Confucian ideas be adapted to produce a theory of democracy fit for today's world?
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460. Trial and Error: Galileo and the InquisitionPosted on
The philosophical issues at the heart of the notorious condemnation of Galileo and Copernican astronomy.
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20. Heaven Can Wait: Ritual and Religion in ConfucianismPosted on
Were Confucian ideas about Heaven, ritual, and fate driven by a religious attitude, or a naturalistic one?
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459. Cardinal Rule: Robert BellarminePosted on
Though most famous for his role in persecuting Galileo, Robert Bellarmine was a central figure of the Counter-Reformation, especially in his political thought.
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19. The Kingly Way: Confucian Political PhilosophyPosted on
Mengzi and Xunzi show that a Confucian political theory need not be idealistic.
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458. Outsider Philosophy: The Cheese and the WormsPosted on
Carlo Ginzburg’s innovative historical study The Cheese and the Worms looks at the ideas of an obscure 16th century miller, suggesting how popular culture might be integrated into the history of philosophy.
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18. Erica Brindley on Music and the Cosmos in ConfucianismPosted on
An interview about the "resonant cosmos" in early Confucianism, and the role played by music in linking sages to the universe.
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457. Take Your Medicine: Oliva Sabuco and Camilla ErculianiPosted on
Natural philosophy and medicine in the work of two unorthodox thinkers of the late sixteenth century, both of them women.
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17. Knowing Me, Knowing You: Confucian EpistemologyPosted on
The role of knowing in Confucian ethics: should it be understood as “knowing how,” or even “knowing to,” rather than “knowing that”?
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456. Touch Me With Your Madness: Cervantes’ Don QuixotePosted on
Why do critics consider Don Quixote the first “modern” novel, and what does it tell us about the aesthetics of fiction?
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Plutarch1 day 10 hours ago80 - Delphic Utterances: Plutarch
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Parallel Lives1 day 10 hours ago80 - Delphic Utterances: Plutarch
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3 notes1 day 10 hours agoWhat to expect when you're expecting early modern French and Dutch philosophy
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Novels4 days 19 hours ago456. Touch Me With Your Madness: Cervantes’ Don Quixote
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Thank you5 days 12 hours ago16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on Our Moral Natures
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Accumulation6 days 10 hours ago16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on Our Moral Natures
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Accumulation6 days 15 hours ago16. To Become or Not to Become: the Confucians on Our Moral Natures
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Introduction6 days 15 hours ago389. The Acid Test: Theories of Matter
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Tides1 week 4 days ago460. Trial and Error: Galileo and the Inquisition
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Tides1 week 4 days ago460. Trial and Error: Galileo and the Inquisition
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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." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.
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