History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

How the Dutch Republic became the world’s first modern economy, and how republican ideals were fused with capitalist theory by the de la Court brothers.

The period of political turmoil and experimentation in liberty that set the stage for philosophers including Grotius and Spinoza.

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.

In 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.

In 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.