Portrait of Lord Melvyn Bragg, host of In Our Time

German epistemologists

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German classical scholar, philosopher, and critic of culture, who became one of the most influential of all modern thinkers. He began his career as a classical philologist before turning to philosophy.

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PhilosophyOntologistsPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of literatureTheorists on Western civilizationWriters about activism and social changeMetaphysiciansEnlightenment philosophersAge of EnlightenmentAphoristsCritics of the Catholic ChurchWriters about religion and scienceAtheist philosophersGerman male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of lawPhilosophers of social science18th-century philosophers19th-century German male writers19th-century German philosophersExistentialistsGerman LutheransMetaphilosophersPhilosophers of psychologyGerman male essayistsGerman philosophers of historyGerman political philosophersLogiciansNatural law ethicistsNatural philosophersPhilosophers of logicPhilosophers of lovePhilosophers of sexuality19th-century atheistsCritics of work and the work ethicGerman philosophers of artGerman philosophers of culture19th-century German essayistsAnti-consumeristsCritics of religionsGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationSimple living advocatesTheoretical historians18th-century German male writers19th-century German male musiciansAnti-nationalistsGerman philosophers of languageGerman philosophers of scienceIrony theoristsLeipzig University alumniMembers of the Prussian Academy of SciencesPhenomenologistsPhilosophers of warRationalistsUniversity of Göttingen alumni18th-century German philosophers, 18th-century essayists19th-century German non-fiction writers19th-century German writersCritical theoristsCritics of JudaismGerman critics of ChristianityGerman philosophers of mind, German philosophers of religionPhilosophers of pessimism18th-century German writers19th-century German novelistsAcademic staff of the Humboldt University of BerlinDeterministsGerman agnosticsGerman idealistsGerman monarchistsGerman nationalistsHumor researchersIdealistsLecturersPeople associated with the University of BaselPeople from the Province of SaxonyPeople of the Age of EnlightenmentPhilosophers of timeStateless people19th-century German journalists19th-century Prussian peopleAnti-natalistsDeaths from pneumonia in GermanyGerman eugenicistsGerman logicians, Kantian philosophersGerman military personnel of the Franco-Prussian WarGerman music criticsGerman philologistsGerman writers on atheismKantianismPhilosophers of nihilismUniversity of Bonn alumni
  1. Kant's Copernican Revolution

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Kant's ideas on how the world depends on us, on the limits of human knowledge and why we are bound to ask questions we cannot answer.

    3 June 2021

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    Featuring: Fiona Hughes, Anil Gomes, John Callanan

     
  2. Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Nietzsche's influential ideas about what it means to be moral.

    12 January 2017

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    Featuring: Stephen Mulhall, Fiona Hughes, Keith Ansell-Pearson

     
  3. Schopenhauer

    Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pessimistic philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and his extraordinary influence.

    29 October 2009

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    Featuring: A. C. Grayling, Beatrice Han-Pile, Christopher Janaway