The legendary Laozi it is considered one of the most famous sages of Southeast Asia. In his wake, an extremely diverse philosophical school of thought differentiated itself, which seeks its equal, and sometimes finds it.

Guest: Kai Marchal

Guides: Frederike Maas, Eliane Schmid

Co-Guide: Michael Hampe

Ancient Egypt has more to tell than stories about spectacular pyramids and mummies.

Guest: Jan Assmann

Guide: Frederike Maas

Rigorous thinking, lyrical thinking full of passion and imagery. This need not be a contradiction, as Islamic wisdom traditions impressively show.

Guests: Nadja Germann, Ulrich Rudolph

Guide: Anna Morawietz

“I know that I know nothing!” As modest as this expression sounds, behind it is a rigorous philosopher whose impact is entirely without his own writings.

Guest: Dorothea Frede

Guide: Eliane Schmid

Life-affirming and literarily diverse. From wise judgment to cosmic wisdom. Jewish wisdom literature looks at an immensely heterogeneous corpus of texts, which it presents to us in silver bowls.

Guest: Andreas Kilcher

Guide: Anna Morawietz

Co-Guide: Kai Marchal

In Buddhism, practical practice was never lost. It never aspired to the ascent in the supposedly pure theory. However, it is a prejudice to believe that Buddhist thinkers do not theorize or even cannot think sharply.

Guests: Alexander Poraj, Raji Steineck

Guides: Frederike Maas, Anna Morawietz

Co-Guide: Michael Hampe

Many people have heard of the Hindu deities Krishna or Shiva. Expressions such as yoga, karma or even dharma are also known to many. Time to go into depth and to deal with the teachings and practices of Hinduism.

Guests: Angelika Malinar

Guides: Eliane Schmid

Co-Guide: Michael Hampe

Old white men and stuffy Catholicism? Not at all The wisdom of Christianity cannot be reduced to such clichés. So, wash your feet and step inside!

Guests: Konrad Schwarz

Guides: Frederike Maas