Jill Kraye
Professor of the History of Renaissance Philosophy and Librarian at the Warburg Institute, University of London
3 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyReligionCultureCritics of the Catholic ChurchChristian humanistsPhilosophical schools and traditionsUniversity of Paris alumniNatural law ethicistsCatholic philosophersPhilosophical methodologyEpistemological theoriesScientific method16th-century writers in LatinCounter-ReformationDoubt, SkepticismDutch expatriates in FranceRoman Catholic biblical scholars, Proto-Protestants
Scepticism
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism.
5 July 2012
Also featuring: Peter Millican, Melissa Lane
Erasmus
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the Dutch humanist scholar Desiderius Erasmus, one of the most significant figures of the Renaissance.
9 February 2012
Also featuring: Diarmaid MacCulloch, Eamon Duffy
The School of Athens
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle and what it tells us about both the subjects and the painter.
26 March 2009
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Valery Rees