This episode investigates the writings of intellectual rock stars John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and John Locke and the less famous but hugely relevant Roger Williams.
When the Reformation mutated and spread across the continent, burning questions arose: Could people of different faiths live together in the same state? Should social peace be based on tolerance or intolerance?
Professor Christine Caldwell Ames discusses the similarities and differences between Christianity, Catholic and Orthodox, Judaism, and Islam when it comes to defining and policing orthodoxy.
Jacob Mchangama talks with Peter Adamson, professor of philosophy at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, who host of the podcast “History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps."
Jacob Mchangama talks to Emeritus Professor of Greek Culture at Cambridge University Paul Cartledge to dive deeper into the concepts of free speech and democracy in Athens that were discussed in episode one.
