History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

Aristotle’s works are edited, printed, and translated, leading to new assessments of his thought among both humanists and scholastics.

27 Sep 202023min

The blurry line dividing humanism and scholastic university culture in the Italian Renaissance.

13 Sep 202022min

Leon Battista Alberti, Benedetto Cotrugli, and Poggio Bracciolini grapple with the moral and conceptual problems raised by the prospect of people getting filthy rich.

26 Jul 202025min

Tommaso Campanella’s “The City of the Sun” and other utopian works of the Italian Renaissance describe perfect cities as an ideal for real life politics.

12 Jul 202022min

Bruni, Poggio, Machiavelli, and Guicciardini explore political ideas and historical method in works on Roman and Italian history.

28 Jun 202022min

Leading Machiavelli scholar Quentin Skinner joins Peter to discuss morality, history, and religion in the Prince and the Discourses.

14 Jun 202035min

Peter celebrates reaching 350 episodes by explaining a single sentence in Machiavelli's "Discourses."

31 Mai 202023min

Machiavelli’s seminal work of political advice, "The Prince," tells the ruler how to be strong like a lion and cunning like a fox.

17 Mai 202020min