Episodi

  • 4. Aristotle on Character and Intellectual Virtues
    Jan 12 2026

    This episode is about a crucial distinction that Aristotle draws between intellectual and character virtues in the Nicomachean Ethics.

    Host: I am Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College.

    You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcast, too.

    I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com.

    You can show your support at: https://buymeacoffee.com/ancientphilosophy

    I also have a book available for purchase, An Introduction to the Ethics of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Ethics-Social-Media/dp/1647922356/ref=sr_1_1?nsdOptOutParam=true&sr=8-1

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    35 min
  • 3. Rachel O'Keefe: Plotinus' Metaphysics
    Jan 5 2026

    In this episode, I speak with Rachel O'Keefe about Plotinus' metaphysical system, especially the view of the hypostases that he develops in Enneads V.1. We begin the episode by discussing who Plotinus was.

    Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College.

    Interviewee: Rachel O'Keefe, who teaches and works at St. Thomas University in New Brunswick, Canada.

    You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcast. There is a YouTube channel available with video episodes.

    I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com.

    You can show your support at: https://buymeacoffee.com/ancientphilosophy

    I also have a book available for purchase, An Introduction to the Ethics of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Ethics-Social-Media/dp/1647922356/ref=sr_1_1?nsdOptOutParam=true&sr=8-1

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    1 ora e 31 min
  • 2. How Galileo Used the Telescope to Refute Aristotle and Ptolemy
    Jan 4 2026

    This episode is about how Galileo used the then-recent invention of the telescope to refute ancient and long-standing views about the cosmos. In the process, he got in trouble with the Vatican.

    Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College.

    You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast wherever you download podcasts. There is a YouTube channel available with video episodes.

    I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com.

    You can show your support at: https://buymeacoffee.com/ancientphilosophy

    I also have a book available for purchase, An Introduction to the Ethics of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Ethics-Social-Media/dp/1647922356/ref=sr_1_1?nsdOptOutParam=true&sr=8-1

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    19 min
  • 1. The Stoic Conception of Philosophy
    Jan 4 2026

    This episode is about what the Stoics thought philosophy was.

    Host: Doug Campbell, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Alma College.

    You can subscribe to The Ancient Philosophy Podcast on Spotify and Apple Podcast. There is a YouTube channel available with video episodes.

    I have a Substack: platosfishtrap.substack.com.

    You can show your support at: https://buymeacoffee.com/ancientphilosophy

    I also have a book available for purchase, An Introduction to the Ethics of Social Media: https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Ethics-Social-Media/dp/1647922356/ref=sr_1_1?nsdOptOutParam=true&sr=8-1

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    14 min