Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

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Ancient Greek philosophers of mind

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  1. Galen

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Roman physician and medical theorist Galen.

    10 October 2013

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    Featuring: Vivian Nutton, Helen King, Caroline Petit

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  2. Heraclitus

    Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the ancient Greek thinker Heraclitus, immortalised by later scholars as the Weeping Philosopher.

    8 December 2011

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, Peter Adamson, James Warren

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  3. Plato's Gorgias

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss arguably the most personal of Plato's dialogues in which he examines the values that led to the execution of his mentor Socrates by drinking hemlock

    25 November 2021

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, Frisbee Sheffield, Fiona Leigh

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  4. Pythagoras

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas and influence of the Greek mathematician Pythagoras and his followers, the Pythagoreans.

    10 December 2009

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    Featuring: Ian Stewart, Serafina Cuomo, John O'Connor

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  5. Socrates

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the iconic Greek philosopher Socrates. He is the founder of Western philosophy, he was funny, irritating and rude but left not a single word in his own hand.

    27 September 2007

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    Featuring: Angie Hobbs, David Sedley, Paul Millett

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