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 lawExistentialistsNatural law ethicistsLogiciansPhilosophers of loveNatural philosophersGerman political philosophersPolitical philosophersPhilosophers of technologyJewish agnosticsGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationPhilosophers of deathRationalistsAncient Greek philosophers of mindWomen religious writers20th-century German philosophersHeidelberg University alumniClassical theismAncient Greek political philosophersMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersAmerican political philosophersAncient Greek physicistsAncient Greek epistemologists, Ancient Greek ethicistsAttic Greek writersIdealistsAncient Greek metaphysiciansAncient Athenian philosophersGerman women philosophersExilliteratur writersGerman agnosticsGerman Ashkenazi JewsJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesAmerican philosophers of educationPlatonismAncient Greek slaves and freedmenMoral realistsEpigrammatists of the Greek AnthologyPupils of SocratesAncient Greek logiciansPrinceton University faculty20th-century American women writersIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyUniversity of Marburg alumniJewish existentialists20th-century German women writersThe New School faculty20th-century American essayistsAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German Zionists20th-century American philosophers20th-century German non-fiction writersScholars of antisemitismDialogues 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
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 philosophersHannah 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
PhilosophyPrinceton University facultyGerman political philosophersExistentialists20th-century American women writersIntellectual historians, University of Chicago facultyUniversity of Marburg alumniJewish existentialistsWomen religious writersPhilosophers of lawMembers of the American Academy of Arts and LettersSocial philosophersPhilosophy writersPhilosophers of technologyAmerican political philosophers20th-century German women writersGerman women philosophersFellows of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesPhilosophers of cultureThe New School faculty20th-century American essayistsExilliteratur writersJewish agnosticsGerman agnosticsGerman Ashkenazi JewsAmerican Ashkenazi Jews, American Zionists, American agnostics, German Zionists20th-century German philosophers20th-century American philosophers20th-century German non-fiction writersGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationHeidelberg University alumniPolitical philosophersJewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United StatesPhilosophers of scienceScholars of antisemitismPhilosophers of historyAmerican philosophers of educationPlato'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.
3 January 2014
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Richard L. Hunter