Alan Saunders and Han Baltussen on Aristotle’s Legacy

The Philosopher’s Zone is now publishing repeats in light of Alan Saunders’s passing, but one of the most recent of these is more or less on target for us: “Aristotle on Aristotle,” an interview with Han Baltussen that gives a quick overview of his life, the preservation of his works (i.e. most of the best-written ones have not survived), and a glimpse of his doctrines in various areas. (We do plan on covering both De Anima and the Metaphysics ourselves, with the former at least coming before the end of 2012.)

The second half of the podcast brings in some post-Aristotelians like Theophrastus, Eudemus of Rhodes, and the Hellenists. (We plan on doing some Stoics and Epicurus, at least, but will never get into the depth that Peter Adamson on the Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast has, so you might want to dive into that.)

-Mark Linsenmayer