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Western Philosophy

2h 30min

Documentary

"For it is owning to their wonder that men now begin and first began to philosophize," wrote Aristotle. Examine the profound impact Western history's intellectual giants had on their time and on stimulating the minds of future generations.

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

Part 1

1. Part 1

2h 30min

1st Jan 2002

This part examines some of important Western philosophers from the ancient Greece to the Middle Ages, including Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas.

Part 2

2. Part 2

2h 30min

8th Jan 2002

This part looks at some of important Western philosophers during the 16th to 18th centuries: Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

Part 3

3. Part 3

2h 30min

15th Jan 2002

This part examines some of important Western philosophers and philosophical traditions in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Pragmatism, and Sartre.

First air date

1st Jan 2002

Last air date

15th Jan 2002

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

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