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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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". www.historyofphilosophy.net
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Folge vom 11.10.2026HoP 501 Mara van der Lugt on Bayle and Pessimism
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Folge vom 09.10.2026HoP 500e Daniel Watson on Medieval Irish PhilosophyIn 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.
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Folge vom 06.10.2026HoP 500d Ted Good on ZoroastrianismIn the fourth of five episodes to celebrate reaching the episode 500 mark by looking at things he skipped in earlier series, Peter talks to Ted Good about philosophy and the Persian religion of Zoroastrianism.
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Folge vom 03.10.2026HoP 500c Troels Engberg-Pedersen on St Paul and the StoicsIn the third of five episodes to mark the 500 episode milestone, an expert on Paul's letters tells us how Stoic ideas shaped his philosophy and theology.