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The Great Philosophers

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  • Status: Ended
  • First Aired: September 6, 1987
  • Seasons: 1
  • Episodes: 15
  • Networks: BBC One
  • Genres: Talk
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The Great Philosophers(1987)

TMDB Rating: 6.0 (1 votes)

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.

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Season 1

15 episodes • 1987

#EpisodeAir DateRating
1PlatoSep 6, 19870.0
2AristotleSep 13, 19870.0
3Medieval PhilosophySep 20, 19870.0
4DescartesOct 4, 19870.0
5Spinoza and LeibnizOct 11, 19870.0
6Locke and BerkeleyOct 18, 19870.0
7HumeOct 25, 19870.0
8KantNov 1, 19870.0
9Hegel and MarxNov 8, 19870.0
10SchopenhauerNov 22, 19870.0
11NietzscheNov 29, 19870.0
12Husserl, Heidegger and Modern ExistentialismDec 6, 19870.0
13The American pragmatistsDec 13, 19870.0
14Frege, Russell and Modern LogicDec 20, 19870.0
15WittgensteinDec 27, 19870.0

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