Boethius: The Last Roman, The Wheel of Fortune, and The Consolation of Philosophy
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1 Feb 39min
Augustine of Hippo: Sinner, Saint, and Architect of the West
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1 Feb 35min
René Descartes: The Soldier Who Dreamt Up Modern Philosophy
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1 Feb 33min
Baruch Spinoza: The Renegade Who Gave Us Modernity
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1 Feb 32min
Francis Bacon: The Father of Empiricism, The Corrupt Chancellor, and the Frozen Chicken
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1 Feb 35min
Jonathan Swift: The Dean of Satire, “Gulliver,” and the Irish Patriot
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1 Feb 28min
Thomas Hobbes: The Leviathan, the Social Contract, and the "War of All Against All"
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1 Feb 33min
George Berkeley: The Bishop Who Denied Matter
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1 Feb 36min
