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45. Practice Makes Perfect: Skill Stories in the ZhuangziPosted on
In addition to sages who show us the way, the Zhuangzi features people taking on daily activities such as woodworking and butchering: we discuss how these figures serve as counterpoints to officials in the Zhuangzi's time.
484. You Bet Your Life: Pascal’s WagerPosted on
Should we gamble on belief in God to have a chance at infinite reward?
44. Like a Fish Out of Water: Animal Stories in the ZhuangziPosted on
The many stories about animals in the Zhuangzi encourage us to adopt a perspective that goes beyond the human point of view.
483. Between Infinity and the Void: Blaise PascalPosted on
Blaise Pascal was a pioneering scientist and deeply spiritual religious thinker; what united these two sides of his thought?
43. Chiu Wai-Wai on the Zhuangzi and MohismPosted on
An interview on debates over language and reasoning between the Mohists and the Daoist classic, the Zhuangzi.
482. Indivisible, Under God: the Revival of AtomismPosted on
Why did Sébastian Basso and Pierre Gassendi think ancient atomism was the key to developing a new, modern science?
42. A Black and White World: the Zhuangzi on Shi-Fei DogmatismPosted on
The Zhuangzi's critique of dogmatic approaches to argumentation and governing the state.
481. True Fool’s Gold: Pierre GassendiPosted on
Gassendi’s path from skepticism to “baptized Epicureanism.”
41. To Speak or Not to Speak: Skepticism in the ZhuangziPosted on
We introduce the second great classic of Warring States Daoism, the Zhuangzi, and ask whether it adopts a position of radical skepticism.
480. Honorable Ignorance: French SkepticismPosted on
So-called “libertines” like Mothe le Vayer revive ancient skepticism, provoking a backlash from Mersenne and Arnauld. Were they right to see the skeptics as anti-religious?
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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." The series looks at the ideas, lives and historical context of the major philosophers as well as the lesser-known figures of the tradition.
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