The Great Philosophers(1987)
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Bryan Magee traces the history of western philosophy over two millennia, discussing the ideas of the past with an expert guest or contemporary philosopher.
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15 episodes • 1987
Season 1
15 episodes • 1987
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plato | Sep 6, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Aristotle | Sep 13, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Medieval Philosophy | Sep 20, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Descartes | Oct 4, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Spinoza and Leibniz | Oct 11, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Locke and Berkeley | Oct 18, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Hume | Oct 25, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kant | Nov 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Hegel and Marx | Nov 8, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Schopenhauer | Nov 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Nietzsche | Nov 29, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism | Dec 6, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The American pragmatists | Dec 13, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Frege, Russell and Modern Logic | Dec 20, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Wittgenstein | Dec 27, 1987 | 0.0 |
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