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 educationPhilosophers of loveNatural philosophersLogiciansNatural law ethicistsAncient Greek philosophers of mindRationalistsPhilosophers of deathAncient Greek political philosophersClassical theismSocratesAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAncient Greek physicistsAttic Greek writersIdealistsAncient Athenian philosophersAncient Greek lawReligious persecutionMoral realistsAncient Greek slaves and freedmenEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPupils of SocratesAncient Greek logiciansPlatonism
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
PhilosophyMoral realistsAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Greek political philosophersPhilosophers of loveAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsClassical theismAncient Greek physicistsNatural philosophersAncient Greek slaves and freedmenEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPhilosophers of educationAttic Greek writersPupils of SocratesAncient Greek philosophers of mindAncient Greek logiciansTheorists on Western civilizationRationalistsLogiciansIdealistsPlatonismPhilosophers of deathNatural law ethicistsAncient Athenian philosophersOntologistsGreeceMedicine