Philosophy

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and meditations of 'the last good Roman emperor'.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731).

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most disruptive ideas of the Enlightenment.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas on the education of children

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Henri Bergson's ideas about our experience of time passing

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss what it means to be oneself

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of hope - a weakness or a strength?

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Mandeville's work on the public benefit of private vices.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss republicanism, despotism and the separation of powers.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Alexis de Tocqueville's analysis of American democracy.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss St Augustine's account of his conversion to Christianity.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential ancient Chinese work on military strategy.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the political philosophy of Marcus Tullius Cicero.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the difference between right and wrong, according to Kant.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the great works of political and ethical theory.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the medieval scholar Roger Bacon.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the works, life and times of Seneca the Younger.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and life of Hannah Arendt, political philosopher

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's On The Genealogy of Morality.

Does an arrow in flight move and could Achilles overtake a tortoise? Not according to Zeno

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of the idea of sovereignty.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Muses in Greek mythology and after.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas, work and life of Simone de Beauvoir.