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Philippa Foot

THU 16 MAY 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century

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Panpsychism

Thu 25 Jan 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.

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Condorcet

Thu 11 Jan 2024

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Thu 2 Nov 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.

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Elizabeth Anscombe

THU 22 JUN 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.

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Solon the Lawgiver

Thu 23 Mar 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC

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Mercantilism

THU 16 MAR 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.

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Tycho Brahe

Thu 2 Feb 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.

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Rawls' Theory of Justice

Thu 19 Jan 2023

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality.

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Plato's Atlantis

Thu 22 Sep 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.

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Hegel's Philosophy of History

Thu 26 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hegel's ideas on the consciousness of freedom.

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Comenius

Thu 19 May 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.

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Charisma

Thu 17 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership

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The Arthashastra

Thu 3 Mar 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.

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Walter Benjamin

Thu 10 Feb 2022

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.

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Plato's Gorgias

Thu 25 Nov 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.

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Iris Murdoch

Thu 21 Oct 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell.

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Kant's Copernican Revolution

Thu 3 Jun 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us.

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Marcus Aurelius

Thu 25 Feb 2021

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.

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Mary Astell

Thu 5 Nov 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731).

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Deism

Thu 8 Oct 2020

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.

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Rousseau on Education

Thu 10 Oct 2019

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on the education of children

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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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Authenticity

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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Hope

Thu 22 Nov 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?

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The Fable of the Bees

Thu 25 Oct 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.

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Montesquieu

Thu 14 Jun 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers.

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Tocqueville: Democracy in America

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.

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Augustine's Confessions

Thu 15 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.

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Sun Tzu and The Art of War

Thu 1 Mar 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.

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Cicero

Thu 25 Jan 2018

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

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Kant's Categorical Imperative

Thu 21 Sep 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.

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Plato's Republic

Thu 29 Jun 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

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Roger Bacon

Thu 20 Apr 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.

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Seneca the Younger

Thu 23 Feb 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.

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Hannah Arendt

Thu 2 Feb 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

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Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

Thu 12 Jan 2017

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.

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Zeno's Paradoxes

Thu 22 Sep 2016

Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

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Sovereignty

Thu 30 Jun 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.

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The Muses

Thu 19 May 2016

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.

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Simone de Beauvoir

Thu 22 Oct 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.

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Utilitarianism

Thu 11 Jun 2015

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Utilitarianism.

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Al-Ghazali

Thu 19 Mar 2015

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the medieval Islamic thinker Al-Ghazali.

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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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https://youtu.be/pHgrFcAaMr0

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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https://youtu.be/4J3ta3QW4T8

Malthusianism

Thu 23 Jun 2011

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Malthusianism.

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https://youtu.be/O07UKz2nW3U

Cogito Ergo Sum

Thu 28 Apr 2011

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Rene Descartes' famous statement.

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https://youtu.be/HEsc0JX1ls8

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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https://youtu.be/iXjlbV3igu0

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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https://youtu.be/ZPbcKjejWlw

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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https://youtu.be/6zuX55pKm9Y

William Hazlitt

Thu 8 Apr 2010

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and works of the essayist William Hazlitt.

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https://youtu.be/729rSq6oLcY

Ibn Khaldun

Thu 4 Feb 2010

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

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https://youtu.be/GhSze3UNkLM

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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https://youtu.be/eJjJ8UKDe74

Pythagoras

Thu 10 Dec 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans.

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https://youtu.be/RivbFb4PYrA

Schopenhauer

Thu 29 Oct 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer.

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https://youtu.be/MGYGSaqev90

St Thomas Aquinas

Thu 17 Sep 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Thomas Aquinas.

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https://youtu.be/ff4g84yCugU

Logical Positivism

Thu 2 Jul 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the radical philosophy of the Vienna Circle.

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https://youtu.be/kgAdtIrG1Lw

Baconian Science

Thu 2 Apr 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Jacobean thinker Francis Bacon and Baconian Science.

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https://youtu.be/HyO52cOcJkU

The School of Athens

Thu 26 Mar 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Raphael's depiction of Plato and Aristotle.

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https://youtu.be/bTJNLcl0fPo

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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https://youtu.be/DqyDiXe6D18

The Consolations of Philosophy

New Year's Day 2009

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy.

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https://youtu.be/eVDG7LP03po

Aristotle's Politics

Thu 6 Nov 2008

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle’s ‘Politics’.

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https://youtu.be/AVCYD86YpJw

Godel's Incompleteness Theorems

Thu 9 Oct 2008

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the mathematician Kurt Godel and his work.

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https://youtu.be/bstag5wNx-E

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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https://youtu.be/j2W4OWXVVPU

Miracles

Thu 25 Sep 2008

Melvyn Bragg and guests explore the history of miracles.

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https://youtu.be/kTNE5W3TWHA

Materialism

Thu 24 Apr 2008

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Materialism in Philosophy.

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https://youtu.be/6fKYtxil6qA

Kierkegaard

Thu 20 Mar 2008

Melvyn Bragg examines the rich and radical ideas of the philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.

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https://youtu.be/y9Ls5rGHLD4

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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https://youtu.be/rSJ6N5Pk0UI

Avicenna

Thu 8 Nov 2007

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Persian Islamic philosopher Avicenna.

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https://youtu.be/9QL7I3G3PKk

Guilt

Thu 1 Nov 2007

Melvyn Bragg and guests take a long hard look at the idea of guilt.

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https://youtu.be/ypFJfZxte1M

Socrates

Thu 27 Sep 2007

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher, Socrates.

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https://youtu.be/s1njXiDKZaI

Common Sense Philosophy

Thu 21 Jun 2007

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss common sense philosophy.

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https://youtu.be/A1_HTxBAi3I

Ockham's Razor

Thu 31 May 2007

Melvyn Bragg discusses the ideas of William Ockham including Ockham's Razor.

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https://youtu.be/2KzNA_9Ei0Y

Spinoza

Thu 3 May 2007

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Dutch, Jewish and Christian Philosopher, Baruch Spinoza.

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https://youtu.be/h2oz3yF4bqA

Popper

Thu 8 Feb 2007

Melvyn Bragg discusses the Anglo-Austrian philosopher Karl Popper.

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https://youtu.be/sDCEzrGfShc

Anarchism

Thu 7 Dec 2006

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political creed of Anarchism.

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https://youtu.be/nZI7Q9secbo

Altruism

Thu 23 Nov 2006

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss philosophical and evolutionary arguments over altruism.

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https://youtu.be/sFR-syvFXV4

Averroes

Thu 5 Oct 2006

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 12th century Islamic philosopher, Averroes.

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https://youtu.be/HQ4nQlN4pWs

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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https://youtu.be/RzjNcMWzF40

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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https://youtu.be/J80MGveijlI

Pragmatism

Thu 17 Nov 2005

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the American philosophy of pragmatism.

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https://youtu.be/hhpcb_HIi20

Cynicism

Thu 20 Oct 2005

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Cynics, the performance artists of philosophy.

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https://youtu.be/k8XKc-HLN8A

Marx

Thu 14 Jul 2005

The life and ideas of Karl Marx who changed the world with his Communist Manifesto.

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https://youtu.be/zkP3ULSF_U0

Beauty

Thu 19 May 2005

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the qualities of beauty and the history of aesthetics.

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https://youtu.be/dMQO9iDaCmo

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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https://youtu.be/9acoEtNXRNc

Machiavelli and the Italian City States

Thu 9 Dec 2004

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli.

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https://youtu.be/1bSFGMHtlkU

Jung

Thu 2 Dec 2004

The extraordinary mind and theories of the psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung.

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https://youtu.be/J6j60YmN65E

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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https://youtu.be/qyZHrgsUFyM

Sartre

Thu 7 Oct 2004

The life and work of French novelist, playwright and philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.

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https://youtu.be/qsIdxCCusx0

Politeness

Thu 30 Sep 2004

Melvyn Bragg examines the cultural effect of the eighteenth century idea of Politeness.

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https://youtu.be/y8LcNYJJi-U

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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https://youtu.be/8yTs5zmxrq8

Wittgenstein

Thu 4 Dec 2003

The life, work and legacy of the 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.

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https://youtu.be/kTSIUvidg28

Duty

Thu 13 Nov 2003

Melvyn Bragg examines duty, a concept that has excited philosophers through history.

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https://youtu.be/iHOunYeoL9Q

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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https://youtu.be/NgWGyoARgTY

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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https://youtu.be/N3eqY4PsW-I

The Soul

Thu 6 Jun 2002

The history of thought on immortality, the self and the afterlife.

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https://youtu.be/HSwaQEsZKVQ

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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https://youtu.be/Foqp-fbj3Hw

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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https://youtu.be/iV-MpZUDuIc

Confucius

Thu 1 Nov 2001

Melvyn Bragg and guests examine the chinese philosophy of Confucianism.

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https://youtu.be/NTs10wGL2F0

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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https://youtu.be/7qyGByoNYNc

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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https://youtu.be/FPrPNJKOdHI

Humanism

Thu 8 Feb 2001

The history and legacy of classical Humanism, invented by Cicero.

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https://youtu.be/bV0czyAV7ic

Nihilism

Thu 16 Nov 2000

The history of the philosophy that claims that truths are illusory.

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https://youtu.be/QSt1HssFPAk

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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https://youtu.be/sKLuhm2Z08I

Economic Rights

Thu 27 Jan 2000

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.

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https://youtu.be/j9BBZ4SkNzg

Consciousness

Thu 25 Nov 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines why ideas about consciousness preoccupy philosophers and scientists.

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https://youtu.be/0PUSOJnJDaI

Progress

Thu 18 Nov 1999

Melvyn Bragg examines whether mankind has made as much moral as material progress.

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https://youtu.be/cI-CzZgz__c

The Individual

Thu 21 Oct 1999

Melvyn Bragg explores the concept of the individual from the Renaissance to today.

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https://youtu.be/CBWGF_JScYE

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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https://youtu.be/XaXtNKMTBks

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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https://youtu.be/UCbPHsIh_RQ

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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2024-02-04

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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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