17th-century Christian mystics
A mystic is a person who practices mysticism, or a reference to a mystery, mystic craft, first hand-experience or the occult.
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CultureReligionAnglican saintsAphoristsChristian humanists17th-century English male writersCatholic philosophersChristian radicals17th-century English writersFounders of religionsCritics of atheismEnglish religious writersEnglish evangelicalsFrench Roman Catholic writersFrench physicistsPeople with hypochondriasisRoman Catholic mysticsCartesianismChristian apologistsConverts to Roman CatholicismEnglish Christian theologiansEnglish DissentersEnglish QuakersFrench mathematicians, French fluid dynamicists, French probability theorists
George Fox and the Quakers
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the foundation of the Religious Society of Friends, otherwise known as the Quakers, in the 17th century.
5 April 2012
Featuring: Justin Champion, John Coffey, Kate Peters
Pascal
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the life and work of the French polymath Blaise Pascal.
19 September 2013
Featuring: David Wootton, Michael Moriarty, Michela Massimi
CultureAphoristsChristian humanistsCatholic philosophersCritics of atheismFrench physicistsPeople with hypochondriasisRoman Catholic mysticsFrench Roman Catholic writersConverts to Roman CatholicismChristian apologists17th-century Christian mysticsCartesianismFrench mathematicians, French fluid dynamicists, French probability theorists