HPC 50. Bryan Van Norden on Warring States Philosophy

History of Indian and Africana Philosophy by Peter Adamson, Jonardon Ganeri, Chike Jeffers

Mar 29, 202659:14Education

To celebrate reaching 50 episodes in this series, Karyn and Peter both chat to a leading scholar of Warring States philosophy.

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