• HoP 452 - Better Than Nothing - Metaphysics in the Second Scholastic
    Sep 15 2024

    Did the metaphysics of Francisco Suárez mark a shift from traditional scholasticism to early modern philosophy?

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    18 mins
  • HoP 451 - Could’ve, Would’ve, Should’ve - Free Will in the Second Scholastic
    Sep 1 2024

    What was Luis de Molina trying to say about human free will with his doctrine of “middle knowledge,” and why did it provoke such controversy?

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    21 mins
  • HoP 450 - Depicting What Cannot Be Depicted - Philosophy and Two Renaissance Artworks
    Jul 21 2024

    To celebrate reaching 450 episodes, Peter looks at the philosophical resonance of two famous artworks from the turn of the 16th century: Dürer’s Self-Portrait and Michelangelo’s paintings in the Sistine Chapel.

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    25 mins
  • HoP 449 - Anna Tropia on Jesuit Philosophy
    Jul 7 2024

    We learn from Anna Tropia how Jesuit philosophy of mind broke new ground in the scholastic tradition.

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    35 mins
  • HoP 448 - Secondary Schools - Iberian Scholasticism
    Jun 23 2024

    The “School of Salamanca,” founded by Francisco Vitoria, and the commentators of Coimbra are at the center of a movement sometimes called the “Second Scholastic.”

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    20 mins
  • HoP 447 - Andrés Messmer on Spanish Protestantism
    Jun 9 2024

    Yes, there were Spanish Protestants! Andrew (Andrés) Messmer joins us to explain how they drew on humanism and philosophy to argue for their religious agenda.

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    29 mins
  • HoP 446 - Not Doubting Thomas - the Aquinas Revival
    May 26 2024

    Cajetan, Bañez and other thinkers make Aquinas a central figure of Counter-Reformation thought; we focus on their theories about analogy and the soul.

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    25 mins
  • HoP 445 - Band of Brothers - the Jesuits
    May 12 2024

    Ignatius of Loyola’s movement begins modestly, but winds up having a global impact on education and philosophy.

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    22 mins