History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

How René Descartes’ understanding of his own intellectual project evolved across his lifet... more

A look at the political and religious ferment that made up the historical context of philo... more

In this interview we learn more about the Republic of Letters: its importance for the hist... more

How scholars around Europe created an international network of intellectual exchange. As e... more

What is Enlightenment, anyway?

We finish our look at philosophy in the Reformation era with an interview about Galileo's ... more

The philosophical issues at the heart of the notorious condemnation of Galileo and Coperni... more

Though most famous for his role in persecuting Galileo, Robert Bellarmine was a central fi... more

Carlo Ginzburg’s innovative historical study The Cheese and the Worms looks at the ideas o... more

Natural philosophy and medicine in the work of two unorthodox thinkers of the late sixteen... more

Why do critics consider Don Quixote the first “modern” novel, and what does it tell us abo... more

We're joined by Tom Pink, who tells us about Suárez on ethics, law, religion, and the stat... more

Suárez and other Iberian scholastics ask where political power comes from and under what c... more