The Dionysius Circle Podcast
by Samuel Walker Bennett
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Kevin Clarke on St. Maximus the Confessor: One Christ, Two Wills
Kevin Clarke on St. Maximus the Confessor: One Christ, Two Wills
About this podcast
The Dionysius Circle Podcast focuses on Christian Platonism and the broader Platonic tradition. We study the integration of Platonism within Christian philosophy and theology, along with Plato himself and the later schools of Platonism. We also explore how Platonism developed in Jewish and Islamic thought. The project includes an ongoing interest in philosophical Platonism, both ancient and contemporary.
For more, visit DionysiusCircle.org [http://dionysiuscircle.org/].
Episodes
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- Kevin Clarke on St. Maximus the Confessor: One Christ, Two Wills · 1 h 28 minKevin Clarke of Sacred Heart Seminary joins Sam Bennett and Dominic Cassella to discuss St. Maximus the Confessor's Opuscula and Dispute with Pyrrhus. Clarke's new translation…
- Max Rohstock on Dionysius and the Origin of Evil · 1 h 9 minMax Rohstock argues that, for Dionysius, evil arises when human freedom turns away from the Good itself and becomes fixed on finite goods (wealth, power, pleasure) as though they…
- Andreas Bergman: Why Baptism Is Necessary in St. Maximus the Confessor · 1 h 9 minIn this episode, we talk about a puzzle in St. Maximus the Confessor. First, Maximus holds that every human being already participates in Christ: Christ is the source, ordering…
- Mark Blitz on Aristotle's Political Philosophy · 1 h 8 minPolitical philosopher Mark Blitz joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Aristotle's Political Philosophy. We consider Aristotle's account of the link between political life…
- The Function Argument in Aristotle's Ethics with Jakub Jirsa · 1 h 9 minIn this episode, Sam Bennett speaks with philosopher Jakub Jirsa about his new Bloomsbury book, The Function Argument in Aristotle's Ethics. They discuss Aristotle's famous…
- Aristotle's Argument Against Plato's Form of the Good - with Michele Pecorari · 1 h 28 minIn this episode, I speak with Michele Pecorari about one of Aristotle's arguments against Plato's Form of the Good in Nicomachean Ethics 1.6. Aristotle notes that we call many…
- Gyula Klima on Ockham, Nominalism, and the Via Moderna · 1 h 27 minGyula Klima discusses the medieval problem of universals, focusing on the divide between the via antiqua and the via moderna. The conversation centers especially on William of…
- Karsten Harries on Nicholas of Cusa, Modernity, and Nihilism · 1 h 12 minKarsten Harries, emeritus Yale professor of philosophy, joins Dr. Sam Bennett for a conversation on Nicholas of Cusa's On Learned Ignorance, the limits of reason, modern science…
- How Do We Know Essences? Aristotle's Answer with Christopher Hauser · 1 h 11 minIn this episode, philosopher Christopher Hauser of the University of Scranton joins Dr. Sam Bennett to discuss Aristotle's epistemology, specifically his theory of essence and…
- Piero Boitani on the Timaeus, Beauty, and Poetic Thought · 1 h 14 minIn this episode, Dr Sam Bennett speaks with the Italian literary critic and poet Piero Boitani about his recent book Timaeus in Paradise: Metaphors and Beauty from Plato to Dante…
- Plato vs. Aristotle: A Fundamental Divide? With Dr. Rares Marinescu · 1 h 10 minIn this episode, Sam Bennett speaks with Dr. Rareș Ilie Marinescu about the depth of the disagreement between Plato and Aristotle. Rareș is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Classics at…
- Against Aristotelian Universals: Two Arguments from Damiano Costa · 1 h 7 minThis episode is a discussion with philosopher Damiano Costa about his paper "An Argument Against Aristotelian Universals." Costa examines the Aristotelian view that universals…
- The Problem of Universals: A Conversation with Gyula Klima · 1 h 3 minIn this episode, Sam Bennett speaks with Gyula Klima about the medieval problem of universals and the philosophical issues that arise when we try to explain how universal…
- The Nature of Evil: Privation or Corruption? with Christophe de Ray · 1 h 9 minIn this episode, I talk with Dr. Christophe de Ray from Nanyang Technological University about his article "Corruptio Boni: An Alternative to the Privation Theory of Evil,"…
- Evil as Privation: A Conversation with Pierce Alexander Marks · 1 h 23 minWhat kind of thing is evil? If all being is good, where does disorder come from? Can evil have reality without being a substance? In this episode, we talk with philosopher…
- Justification Revisited: Maximus the Confessor and the New Perspective on Paul · 1 h 10 minIn this episode, Dr. Andreas Bergman joins us to discuss his recent open-access article, The Maximian Perspective on Paul: A Reconstruction of the Works of the Law and Maximus…
- Participation and Righteousness in Paul and Gregory of Nyssa – A Conversation with Dr. Joshua Heavin · 1 h 14 minIn this episode of the Dionysius Circle podcast, I explore with New Testament scholar Dr. Joshua Heavin his recent article on participation in Christ and divine and human…
- Moses the Hierarch: Theurgy and Sacred Imitation in Dionysius with Dr. Clelia Attanasio · 1 h 9 minIn this episode, we speak with Dr. Clelia Attanasio about her recent work on Pseudo-Dionysius and the distinction between theurgy and hierurgy. We explore how Moses, as the…
- Liturgy, Theurgy, and Active Participation with Dr. Kjetil Kringlebotten · 1 h 27 minIn this episode of the Dionysius Circle Podcast, we're joined by Rev. Dr. Kjetil Kringlebotten, a priest in the Church of Norway and author of Liturgy, Theurgy, and Active…
- Dr. Stephanos Stephanides on Plato's Phaedo: The Soul's Nature and Indestructibility · 1 h 5 minIn this episode of The Dionysius Circle Podcast, Dr. Sam Bennett speaks with Dr. Stephanos Stephanides, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cyprus specializing in…
