Frisbee Sheffield
University Lecturer in Classics and Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
3 episodes
Appears in multiple episodes with: Angie Hobbs
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PhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of educationPhilosophers of lawExistentialistsPhilosophers of loveNatural philosophersLogiciansNatural law ethicistsGerman political philosophersPolitical philosophersPhilosophers of technologyGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationJewish agnosticsAncient Greek philosophers of mindRationalistsPhilosophers of death20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniWomen religious writersAncient Greek political philosophersClassical theismExilliteratur writersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican political philosophersAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAncient Greek physicistsAttic Greek writersIdealistsAncient Athenian philosophersAmerican philosophers of educationGerman women philosophersGerman agnosticsGerman Ashkenazi JewsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesMoral realistsAncient Greek slaves and freedmenEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPupils of SocratesAncient Greek logiciansPlatonismScholars of antisemitismThe New School facultyPrinceton University faculty20th-century German women writers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialists20th-century American essayistsAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German Zionists20th-century American women writers20th-century American philosophersUniversity of Marburg alumniIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyDialogues of PlatoHistory
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, Fiona Leigh
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 philosophersOntologistsGreeceMedicineHannah Arendt
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of Hannah Arendt who examined totalitarianism and politics and, when covering the Eichmann trial, explored 'the banality of evil'.
2 February 2017
Also featuring: Lyndsey Stonebridge, Robert Eaglestone
PhilosophyScholars of antisemitismAmerican philosophers of educationThe New School facultyPhilosophers of cultureExilliteratur writersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersPrinceton University facultyGerman women philosophersGerman agnostics20th-century German women writers20th-century German non-fiction writersJewish existentialistsGerman Ashkenazi JewsAmerican political philosophersPhilosophy writers20th-century American essayistsGerman political philosophersPhilosophers of lawPolitical philosophersJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesPhilosophers of technologyGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German ZionistsFellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences20th-century German philosophersPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of history20th-century American women writersHeidelberg University alumni20th-century American philosophersJewish agnosticsUniversity of Marburg alumniSocial philosophersWomen religious writersIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyExistentialists20th centuryAmericaGermanyPlato's Symposium
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Plato's Symposium, one of the Greek philosopher's best-known works and an influential text about the nature of love.
2 January 2014
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Richard L. Hunter