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- - - - Bergson and Time

- - - THU 9 MAY 2019
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Henri Bergson's ideas about our experience of time passing

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- - - THU 14 MAR 2019
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what it means to be oneself

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- - - - Aristotle's Biology

- - - THU 7 FEB 2019
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.

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- - - - Montesquieu

- - - - Cicero

- - - - Roger Bacon

- - - - Sovereignty

- - - - The Muses

- - - - Utilitarianism

- - - - Al-Ghazali

- - - THU 22 NOV 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?

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- - - THU 25 OCT 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.

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- - - THU 14 JUN 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers.

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- - - THU 22 MAR 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.

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- - - THU 15 MAR 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.

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- - - THU 1 MAR 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.

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- - - THU 25 JAN 2018
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

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- - - THU 21 SEP 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.

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- - - THU 29 JUN 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

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- - - THU 20 APR 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.

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- - - THU 23 FEB 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.

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- - - THU 2 FEB 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

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- - - THU 12 JAN 2017
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.

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- - - THU 22 SEP 2016
    - Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

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- - - THU 30 JUN 2016
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.

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- - - THU 19 MAY 2016
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.

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- - - THU 22 OCT 2015
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.

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- - - THU 11 JUN 2015
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Utilitarianism.

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- - - THU 19 MAR 2015
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.

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- - - - The Fable of the Bees

- - - - Tocqueville: Democracy in America

- - - - Augustine's Confessions

- - - - Sun Tzu and The Art of War

- - - - Kant's Categorical Imperative

- - - - Plato's Republic

- - - - Seneca the Younger

- - - - Hannah Arendt

- - - - Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

- - - - Zeno's Paradoxes

- - - - Simone de Beauvoir

- - - - The Wealth of Nations

- - - THU 19 FEB 2015
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Adam Smith's economic treatise The Wealth of Nations.

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- - - - Phenomenology

- - - THU 22 JAN 2015
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.

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- - - - Truth

- - - THU 18 DEC 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical approaches to truth.

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- - - - Zen

- - - THU 4 DEC 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Zen, a distinctively East Asian form of Buddhism.

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- - - - The Philosophy of Solitude

- - - THU 19 JUN 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of solitude.

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- - - - Weber's The Protestant Ethic

- - - THU 27 MAR 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

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- - - - Bishop Berkeley

- - - THU 20 MAR 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the 18th-century philosopher George Berkeley.

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- - - - Plato's Symposium

- - - THU 2 JAN 2014
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium.

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- - - - Ordinary Language Philosophy

- - - THU 7 NOV 2013
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Ordinary Language Philosophy.

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- - - - Pascal

- - - THU 19 SEP 2013
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French thinker Blaise Pascal.

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- - - - Epicureanism

- - - THU 7 FEB 2013
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the philosophy of Epicureanism.

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- - - - Bertrand Russell

- - - THU 6 DEC 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell.

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- - - - Simone Weil

- - - THU 15 NOV 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the French philosopher and social activist Simone Weil.

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- - - - The Ontological Argument

- - - THU 27 SEP 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Ontological Argument for the existence of God.

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- - - - Scepticism

- - - THU 5 JUL 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of philosophical scepticism.

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- - - - Al-Kindi

- - - THU 28 JUN 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Arab philosopher Al-Kindi.

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- - - - Neoplatonism

- - - THU 19 APR 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient philosophical school of Neoplatonism.

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- - - - Moses Mendelssohn

- - - THU 22 MAR 2012
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German-Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn.

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- - - - Heraclitus

- - - THU 8 DEC 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus.

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- - - - The Continental-Analytic Split

- - - THU 10 NOV 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Continental and Analytic philosophical traditions.

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- - - - David Hume

- - - THU 6 OCT 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the work of the Scottish philosopher David Hume.

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- - - - Malthusianism

- - - THU 23 JUN 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.

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- - - - Cogito Ergo Sum

- - - THU 28 APR 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.

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- - - - Free Will

- - - THU 10 MAR 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss free will.

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- - - - Maimonides

- - - THU 17 FEB 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Jewish scholar Maimonides.

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- - - - Aristotle's Poetics

- - - THU 27 JAN 2011
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's Poetics.

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- - - - Daoism

- - - THU 16 DEC 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Daoism, the ancient Chinese philosophy and religion.

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- - - - Logic

- - - THU 21 OCT 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of logic.

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- - - - Edmund Burke

- - - THU 3 JUN 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher, politician and writer Edmund Burke.

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- - - - William James's 'The Varieties of Religious Experience'

- - - THU 13 MAY 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James.

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- - - - William Hazlitt

- - - THU 8 APR 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt.

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- - - - Ibn Khaldun

- - - THU 4 FEB 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 14th-century Arab philosopher of history Ibn Khaldun.

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- - - - The Frankfurt School

- - - THU 14 JAN 2010
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Frankfurt School.

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- - - - Mary Wollstonecraft

- - - THU 31 DEC 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft.

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- - - - Pythagoras

- - - THU 10 DEC 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.

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- - - - Schopenhauer

- - - THU 29 OCT 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

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- - - - St Thomas Aquinas

- - - THU 17 SEP 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.

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- - - - Logical Positivism

- - - THU 2 JUL 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.

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- - - - Baconian Science

- - - THU 2 APR 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.

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- - - - The School of Athens

- - - THU 26 MAR 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

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- - - - Thoreau and the American Idyll

- - - THU 15 JAN 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau.

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- - - - The Consolations of Philosophy

- - - NEW YEAR'S DAY 2009
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy.

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- - - - Aristotle's Politics

- - - THU 6 NOV 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’.

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- - - - Godel's Incompleteness Theorems

- - - THU 9 OCT 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.

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- - - - The Translation Movement

- - - THU 2 OCT 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss classical Greek ideas in the Arabic and the Islamic world.

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- - - - Miracles

- - - THU 25 SEP 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles.

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- - - - Materialism

- - - THU 24 APR 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.

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- - - - Kierkegaard

- - - THU 20 MAR 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

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- - - - The Social Contract

- - - THU 7 FEB 2008
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Social Contract; a key idea in political philosophy.

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- - - - Camus

- - - THU 3 JAN 2008
    - The life ad work of the Algerian-French writer and philosopher, Albert Camus.

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- - - - Avicenna

- - - THU 8 NOV 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.

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- - - - Guilt

- - - THU 1 NOV 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.

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- - - - Socrates

- - - THU 27 SEP 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.

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- - - - Common Sense Philosophy

- - - THU 21 JUN 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.

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- - - - Ockham's Razor

- - - THU 31 MAY 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.

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- - - - Spinoza

- - - THU 3 MAY 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.

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- - - - Popper

- - - THU 8 FEB 2007
    - Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.

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- - - - Anarchism

- - - THU 7 DEC 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism.

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- - - - Altruism

- - - THU 23 NOV 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism.

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- - - - Averroes

- - - THU 5 OCT 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes.

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- - - - Mill

- - - THU 18 MAY 2006
    - The life and ideas of the 19th century political philosopher John Stuart Mill.

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- - - - Friendship

- - - THU 2 MAR 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of friendship; ‘a single soul dwelling in two bodies’.

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- - - - Relativism

- - - THU 19 JAN 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss relativism; a philosophy with no absolute truths.

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- - - - The Oath

- - - THU 5 JAN 2006
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the importance of the oath in the Classical World.

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- - - - Hobbes

- - - THU 1 DEC 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the great 17th century philosopher Thomas Hobbes.

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- - - - Pragmatism

- - - THU 17 NOV 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.

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- - - - Cynicism

- - - THU 20 OCT 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.

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- - - - Marx

- - - THU 14 JUL 2005
    - The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.

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- - - - Beauty

- - - THU 19 MAY 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics.

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- - - - Abelard and Heloise

- - - THU 5 MAY 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval tale of Abelard and Heloise.

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- - - - Stoicism

- - - THU 3 MAR 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg explore Stoicism, the most influential philosophy in the Ancient World.

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- - - - The Mind/Body Problem

- - - THU 13 JAN 2005
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the history of thought about the mind/body problem in philosophy.

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- - - - Machiavelli and the Italian City States

- - - THU 9 DEC 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.

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- - - - Jung

- - - THU 2 DEC 2004
    - The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.

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- - - - Rhetoric

- - - THU 28 OCT 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discusses rhetoric; supported by Aristotle but reviled by Plato.

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- - - - The Han Synthesis

- - - THU 14 OCT 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Han Synthesis philosophies of China.

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- - - - Sartre

- - - THU 7 OCT 2004
    - The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

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- - - - Politeness

- - - THU 30 SEP 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness.

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- - - - Empiricism

- - - THU 10 JUN 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the 17th century idea that all knowledge arises from experience.

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- - - - Heroism

- - - THU 6 MAY 2004
    - Melvyn Bragg explores what defines a hero, and their place in classical society.

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- - - - Wittgenstein

- - - THU 4 DEC 2003
    - The life, work and legacy of the 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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- - - - Duty

- - - THU 13 NOV 2003
    - Melvyn Bragg examines duty, a concept that has excited philosophers through history.

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- - - - Bohemianism

- - - THU 9 OCT 2003
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the 19th century Parisian philosophy of life lived for art.

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- - - - The Art of War

- - - THU 12 JUN 2003
    - The history and philosophy of warfare throughout the ages.

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- - - - Originality

- - - THU 20 MAR 2003
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the creative force of originality.

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- - - - Redemption

- - - THU 13 MAR 2003
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss redemption, crucial for Judeo-Christian thought.

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- - - - The Enlightenment in Scotland

- - - THU 5 DEC 2002
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the emergence and impact of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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- - - - Freedom

- - - THU 4 JUL 2002
    - Melvyn Bragg considers what it is to be free and how freedom became such a powerful value.

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- - - - The Soul

- - - THU 6 JUN 2002
    - The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.

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- - - - The Examined Life

- - - THU 9 MAY 2002
    - Melvyn Bragg investigates how our preoccupations about how to live have altered over time.

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- - - - Virtue

- - - THU 28 FEB 2002
    - Melvyn Bragg explores the meaning and purpose of the philosophical concept of virtue.

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- - - - Happiness

- - - THU 24 JAN 2002
    - Melvyn Bragg considers whether 'happiness' means living a life of pleasure or of virtue.

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- - - - Confucius

- - - THU 1 NOV 2001
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism.

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- - - - Democracy

- - - THU 18 OCT 2001
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the origins of the most cherished form of government in the world.

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- - - - Existentialism

- - - THU 28 JUN 2001
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the 20th century philosophy of existentialism

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- - - - Evil

- - - THU 3 MAY 2001
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the notion of evil in western philosophy.

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- - - - The Philosophy of Love

- - - THU 29 MAR 2001
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the western understanding of the Philosophy of Love since Plato.

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- - - - Humanism

- - - THU 8 FEB 2001
    - The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.

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- - - - Nihilism

- - - THU 16 NOV 2000
    - The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.

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- - - - Laws of Nature

- - - THU 19 OCT 2000
    - Melvyn Bragg considers whether what is true in physics is true in all areas of existence.

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- - - - Economic Rights

- - - THU 27 JAN 2000
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.

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- - - - Consciousness

- - - THU 25 NOV 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists.

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- - - - Progress

- - - THU 18 NOV 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress.

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- - - - The Individual

- - - THU 21 OCT 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today.

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- - - - Utopia

- - - THU 7 OCT 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss why we are as enthralled as ever by the idea of a Utopia.

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- - - - Just War

- - - THU 3 JUN 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg examines where the idea of a just war originated and if it can still exist.

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- - - - Good and Evil

- - - THU 1 APR 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg examines how we judge good and evil in modern western civilisation.

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- - - - Feminism

- - - THU 7 JAN 1999
    - Melvyn Bragg examines the development of the empowerment of women in the 20th century.

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- - - - Cultural Rights in the 20th Century

- - - THU 10 DEC 1998
    - Melvyn Bragg examines what impact globalisation has had on human rights.

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