La Rochefoucauld and other “moralists” offer a penetrating and witty critique of human pride, selfishness, and hypocrisy. Is this just cynicism, or does it support a positive ethic?
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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 31.05.2026HoP 494 Tell the Truth While Laughing: The French Moralists
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Folge vom 17.05.2026HoP 493 Better Nature: The French GardenHow the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.
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Folge vom 03.05.2026HoP 492 Changing By Degrees: French ScholasticismHow philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”
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Folge vom 19.04.2026HoP 491 Image Problems: Arnauld vs Malebranche on IdeasArnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.