Video: Peter Adamson on Classical and Hellenistic philosophy

Episode 3 of "Meet the Greco-Romans"

Peter Adamson

Here comes the third of an occasional series of video chats with authors and translators who have written about the philosophy, culture, and history of the Greco-Roman tradition.

This time I talk to Peter Adamson, a philosopher and intellectual historian who holds two academic positions: professor of philosophy in late antiquity and in the Islamic world at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich; and professor of ancient and medieval philosophy at King's College London.

Peter hosts the weekly podcast History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, surpassing 25 million downloads in 2019. It attempts to make accessible the history of philosophy in all cultures. It has covered Greek philosophy, Islamic philosophy, and European philosophy up to the early modern era, and also launched series on Indian philosophy (with co-author Jonardon Ganeri), Africana philosophy (with co-author Chike Jeffers), and Chinese philosophy (planned, with co-author Karyn Lai). Next to his other academic publications, Peter has turned the podcast into an eponymous book series.

Peter received the Philip Leverhulme Prize in 2003 for "outstanding research achievements of young scholars of distinction and promise based in UK institutions." In 2020, he received the Schelling Prize from the Bavarian Academy of Sciences for work on multiculturalism in historical perspective.

Here is a partial list of recommended books by Peter:

• Classical Philosophy

• Philosophy in the Hellenistic and Roman Worlds

• Philosophy in the Islamic World

• Classical Indian Philosophy

• Medieval Philosophy

• Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy

• Don't Think for Yourself: Authority and Belief in Medieval Philosophy

And here is our video chat: