John of Damascus helps to shape the Byzantine understanding of humankind and the veneration of images, despite living in Islamic territory.

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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 01.07.2018HoP 304 - Behind Enemy Lines - John of Damascus
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Folge vom 17.06.2018HoP 303 - Don’t Picture This - IconoclasmIs it idolatry to venerate an icon of a saint, or of Christ? The dispute leads the Byzantines to ponder the relation between an image and its object.
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Folge vom 03.06.2018HoP 302 - On the Eastern Front - Philosophy in Syriac and ArmenianEastern Christian philosophy outside of Constantinople, focusing on translation and exegesis in the languages of Syriac and Armenian.
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Folge vom 20.05.2018HoP 301 - The Empire Strikes Back - Introduction to Byzantine PhilosophyWe begin to look at the third tradition of medieval philosophy, in which the heritage of classical antiquity is preserved and debated by the Byzantines.