The Great Philosophers

Nan
0h 0m
1987
6 /10 (1)

Overview

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

Country : US
Genre : Talk
Languages : Not Available
Last Air Date:1987-12-27
Created by : Bryan Magee

Seasons

Season 1
1987-09-06

Episodes

Episode: 1Plato
S01
E01
1987-09-06
Episode: 2Aristotle
S01
E02
1987-09-13
Episode: 3Medieval Philosophy
S01
E03
1987-09-20
Episode: 4Descartes
S01
E04
1987-10-04
Episode: 5Spinoza and Leibniz
S01
E05
1987-10-11
Episode: 6Locke and Berkeley
S01
E06
1987-10-18
Episode: 7Hume
S01
E07
1987-10-25
Episode: 8Kant
S01
E08
1987-11-01
Episode: 9Hegel and Marx
S01
E09
1987-11-08
Episode: 10Schopenhauer
S01
E010
1987-11-22
Episode: 11Nietzsche
S01
E011
1987-11-29
Episode: 12Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism
S01
E012
1987-12-06
Episode: 13The American pragmatists
S01
E013
1987-12-13
Episode: 14Frege, Russell and Modern Logic
S01
E014
1987-12-20
Episode: 15Wittgenstein
S01
E015
1987-12-27

Series Cast

Bryan Magee

Host

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