From Altruism to Wittgenstein, philosophers, theories and key themes.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea that fundamental particles have consciousness.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Veblen on conspicuous consumption and conspicuous leisure.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the influential 20th-century moral philosopher.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the idea which dominated European economies for 300 years.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the last great figures of the Enlightenment.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Aristotle's ideas on how to live a good life.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the statesman who transformed Athens in the 6th century BC
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 16th-century astronomer, renowned for his accuracy.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss John Rawls' influential ideas on liberty and equality.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's story of the great, lost island of Atlantis.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Hegel's ideas on the consciousness of freedom.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 17th-century Czech educator committed to toleration.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Max Weber's idea of charismatic authority in leadership
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ancient Indian Sanskrit text the Arthashastra.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most influential thinkers of the last century.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's exploration of the nature of power and freedom.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosophy of the celebrated author of The Bell.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's insight into how we relate to the world around us.
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
