Fiona Leigh
Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at University College London
2 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Angie Hobbs
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyOntologistsTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of educationNatural law ethicistsLogiciansPhilosophers of loveNatural philosophersPhilosophers of deathRationalistsAncient Greek philosophers of mindClassical theismAncient Greek political philosophersSocratesAncient Greek physicistsAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAttic Greek writersIdealistsAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Athenian philosophersAncient Greek lawReligious persecutionPlatonismAncient Greek slaves and freedmenMoral realistsEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPupils of SocratesAncient Greek logicians
Socrates in Prison
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock.
23 January 2025
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, James Warren
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
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Frisbee Sheffield
PhilosophyNatural law ethicistsPlatonismAncient Greek slaves and freedmenPhilosophers of deathTheorists on Western civilizationAncient Greek physicistsMoral realistsLogiciansAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsRationalistsEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPupils of SocratesPhilosophers of educationAncient Greek philosophers of mindOntologistsPhilosophers of loveClassical theismAttic Greek writersAncient Greek logiciansAncient Greek political philosophersIdealistsNatural philosophersAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Athenian philosophers