The Great Philosophers

The Great Philosophers

1 season · 1987 · Ended

★★★★★3.0
Talk

Bryan Magee traces the history of western philosophy over two millennia, discussing the ideas of the past with an expert guest or contemporary philosopher.

Episodes

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Plato
S01 · E01 PlatoSeptember 6, 1987
Aristotle
S01 · E02 AristotleSeptember 13, 1987
Medieval Philosophy
S01 · E03 Medieval PhilosophySeptember 20, 1987
Descartes
S01 · E04 DescartesOctober 4, 1987
Spinoza and Leibniz
S01 · E05 Spinoza and LeibnizOctober 11, 1987
Locke and Berkeley
S01 · E06 Locke and BerkeleyOctober 18, 1987
Hume
S01 · E07 HumeOctober 25, 1987
Kant
S01 · E08 KantNovember 1, 1987
Hegel and Marx
S01 · E09 Hegel and MarxNovember 8, 1987
Schopenhauer
S01 · E10 SchopenhauerNovember 22, 1987
Nietzsche
S01 · E11 NietzscheNovember 29, 1987
Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
S01 · E12 Husserl, Heidegger and Modern ExistentialismDecember 6, 1987
The American pragmatists
S01 · E13 The American pragmatistsDecember 13, 1987
Frege, Russell and Modern Logic
S01 · E14 Frege, Russell and Modern LogicDecember 20, 1987
Wittgenstein
S01 · E15 WittgensteinDecember 27, 1987

Cast

Bryan Magee
Bryan MageeHost
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