Justus Lipsius draws on Seneca and other Stoics to counsel peace of mind in the face of political chaos, but also writes a work on how such chaos can be avoided.

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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 27.02.2022HoP 391 - Everything is Mine and Nothing - Lipsius and the Revival of Stoicism
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Folge vom 13.02.2022HoP 390 - Born to Be Contrary - Toleration in the NetherlandsAmidst religious conflict in the Netherlands, Dirck Coornhert pleads for religious toleration and freedom of expression.
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Folge vom 30.01.2022HoP 389 - The Acid Test - Theories of MatterSchegk, Taurellus, Gorlaeus, and Sennert revive atomism to explain chemical reactions, the composition of bodies, and the generation of organisms.
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Folge vom 16.01.2022HoP 388 - Just Add Salt - Paracelsus and AlchemyParacelsus adapts the tradition of alchemical science for use in medicine, and in the process overturns the scientific theories of Aristotle and Galen.