In Our Time: Philosophy
By BBC Radio 4
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Description
From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
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CleanTocqueville: Democracy in America | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy. | 3/22/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAugustine's Confessions | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity. | 3/15/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSun Tzu and The Art of War | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy. | 3/1/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCicero | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero. | 1/25/2018 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKant's Categorical Imperative | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant. | 9/21/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPlato's Republic | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory. | 6/29/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRoger Bacon | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon. | 4/20/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSeneca the Younger | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger. | 2/23/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHannah Arendt | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher | 2/2/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNietzsche's Genealogy of Morality | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality. | 1/12/2017 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanZeno's Paradoxes | Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno | 9/22/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSovereignty | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty. | 6/30/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Muses | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after. | 5/19/2016 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSimone de Beauvoir | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir. | 10/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUtilitarianism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Utilitarianism. | 6/11/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAl-Ghazali | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali. | 3/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Wealth of Nations | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations. | 2/19/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPhenomenology | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology. | 1/22/2015 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanTruth | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical approaches to truth. | 12/18/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanZen | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism. | 12/4/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Philosophy of Solitude | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude. | 6/19/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWeber's The Protestant Ethic | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism. | 3/27/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBishop Berkeley | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley. | 3/20/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPlato's Symposium | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium. | 1/2/2014 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOrdinary Language Philosophy | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy. | 11/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPascal | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal. | 9/19/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEpicureanism | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of Epicureanism. | 2/7/2013 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBertrand Russell | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell. | 12/6/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSimone Weil | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil. | 11/15/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Ontological Argument | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God. | 9/27/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanScepticism | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism. | 7/5/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAl-Kindi | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi. | 6/28/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNeoplatonism | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient philosophical school of Neoplatonism. | 4/19/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMoses Mendelssohn | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. | 3/22/2012 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHeraclitus | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus. | 12/8/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Continental-Analytic Split | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions. | 11/10/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDavid Hume | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume. | 10/6/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMalthusianism | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism. | 6/22/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCogito Ergo Sum | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement. | 4/28/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFree Will | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will. | 3/10/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaimonides | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides. | 2/15/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAristotle's Poetics | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics. | 1/26/2011 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDaoism | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion. | 12/15/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLogic | Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic. | 10/21/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEdmund Burke | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke. | 6/3/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWilliam James's 'The Varieties of Religious Experience' | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James. | 5/13/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWilliam Hazlitt | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt. | 4/8/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanIbn Khaldun | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun. | 2/4/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Frankfurt School | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Frankfurt School. | 1/14/2010 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMary Wollstonecraft | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft. | 12/31/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPythagoras | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. | 12/10/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSchopenhauer | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer. | 10/29/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSt Thomas Aquinas | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas. | 9/17/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLogical Positivism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle. | 7/2/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBaconian Science | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science. | 4/2/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe School of Athens | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle. | 3/26/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThoreau and the American Idyll | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau. | 1/15/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Consolations of Philosophy | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy. | 1/1/2009 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAristotle's Politics | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’. | 11/6/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGodel's Incompleteness Theorems | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work. | 10/9/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Translation Movement | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world. | 10/2/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMiracles | Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles. | 9/25/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMaterialism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy. | 4/24/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanKierkegaard | Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard. | 3/20/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Social Contract | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy. | 2/7/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCamus | The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus. | 1/3/2008 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAvicenna | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna. | 11/8/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGuilt | Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt. | 11/1/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSocrates | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates. | 9/27/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCommon Sense Philosophy | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy. | 6/21/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOckham's Razor | Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor. | 5/31/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSpinoza | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza. | 5/3/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPopper | Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper. | 2/8/2007 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAnarchism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism. | 12/7/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAltruism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism. | 11/23/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAverroes | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes. | 10/5/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMill | The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill. | 5/18/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFriendship | Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’. | 3/2/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRelativism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths. | 1/19/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Oath | Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World. | 1/5/2006 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHobbes | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes. | 12/1/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPragmatism | Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism. | 11/17/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCynicism | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy. | 10/20/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMarx | The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto. | 7/14/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBeauty | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics. | 5/19/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanAbelard and Heloise | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise. | 5/5/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanStoicism | Melvyn Bragg explore Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World. | 3/4/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Mind/Body Problem | Melvyn Bragg examines the history of thought about the mind/body problem in philosophy. | 1/13/2005 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanMachiavelli and the Italian City States | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli. | 12/9/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJung | The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung. | 12/2/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRhetoric | Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato. | 10/14/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Han Synthesis | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Han Synthesis philosophies of China. | 10/14/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanSartre | The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. | 10/7/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanPoliteness | Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness. | 9/30/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEmpiricism | Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience. | 6/10/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHeroism | Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society. | 5/6/2004 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanWittgenstein | The life, work and legacy of the 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. | 12/4/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDuty | Melvyn Bragg examines duty, a concept that has excited philosophers through history. | 11/13/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanBohemianism | Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Parisian philosophy of life lived for art. | 10/9/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Art of War | The history and philosophy of warfare throughout the ages. | 6/12/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanOriginality | Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the creative force of originality. | 3/20/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanRedemption | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss redemption, crucial for Judeo-Christian thought. | 3/13/2003 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Enlightenment in Scotland | Melvyn Bragg examines the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment. | 12/5/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFreedom | Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value. | 7/4/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Soul | The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife. | 6/6/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Examined Life | Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time. | 5/9/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanVirtue | Melvyn Bragg explores the meaning and purpose of the philosophical concept of virtue. | 2/28/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHappiness | Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue. | 1/24/2002 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanConfucius | Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism. | 11/1/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanDemocracy | Melvyn Bragg examines the origins of the most cherished form of government in the world. | 10/18/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanExistentialism | Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the 20th century philosophy of existentialism | 6/28/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEvil | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notion of evil in western philosophy. | 5/3/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Philosophy of Love | Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato. | 3/29/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanHumanism | The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero. | 2/8/2001 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanNihilism | The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory. | 11/16/2000 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanLaws of Nature | Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence. | 10/19/2000 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanEconomic Rights | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism. | 1/27/2000 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanConsciousness | Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists. | 11/25/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanProgress | Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress. | 11/18/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanThe Individual | Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today. | 10/21/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanUtopia | Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why we are as enthralled as ever by the idea of a Utopia. | 10/7/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanJust War | Melvyn Bragg examines where the idea of a just war originated and if it can still exist. | 6/3/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanGood and Evil | Melvyn Bragg examines how we judge good and evil in modern western civilisation. | 4/1/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanFeminism | Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century. | 1/7/1999 | Free | View in iTunes |
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CleanCultural Rights in the 20th Century | Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights. | 12/10/1998 | Free | View in iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
Great!
Fantastic topics and discussions. Will not disappoint.
One of my favorites
I like the depth of these conversations and the broad subjects they cover.
Outstanding!
Why one anyone end this cast?
