Philosophy Podcast
From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
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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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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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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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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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Phenomenology
Thu 22 Jan 2015
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophical movement phenomenology.
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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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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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Bertrand Russell
Thu 6 Dec 2012
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss influential British philosopher Bertrand Russell.
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