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The Essay

Series of programmes debating and exploring arts and cultural topics.

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Programmes:
on BBC iPlayer (10)
coming up (10)
Previous programmes:
by series (87)
by year (393)

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    Enlightenment Voices Smith/Hume, Part 5

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    Available since Friday with 4 days left.

    5/5. Simon Blackburn assesses David Hume's revolutionary Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion.

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    1. Enlightenment Voices Smith/Hume, Part 4

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      Available since Thursday with 3 days left.

      4/5. Simon Blackburn on Hume's originality of thought and influence on thinkers such as Darwin.

    2. Enlightenment Voices Smith/Hume, Part 3

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      Available since Wednesday with 2 days left.

      3/5. Vince Cable MP wonders what Adam Smith would make of today's global financial crisis.

    3. Enlightenment Voices Smith/Hume, Part 2

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      Available since Wednesday with 1 day left.

      2/5. James Buchan looks back at the great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment.

    4. Enlightenment Voices Smith/Hume, Part 1

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      Available since last Monday with 10 hours left.

      1/5. Alexander Brodie examines Adam Smith's observations on morality and human behaviour.

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Coming up

Wednesday, 23:00 on Radio 3

Loving the Raven Through the Door, Beyond the Mirror

3/5. Louise Welsh exposes and dissects Edgar Allan Poe's gothic heart.

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