Quentin Skinner
Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersPhilosophers of mindTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of religionMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of scienceEpistemologistsCritics of the Catholic ChurchPhilosophers of law17th-century English male writersPhilosophers of mathematicsNatural law ethicistsPhilosophers of languageEmpiricists17th-century writers in Latin17th-century English writersAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeRhetoric theoristsPolitical realistsBritish philosophers of educationBritish critics of religionsPhilosophers of warEnglish political philosophers17th-century English philosophersEnglish physicistsMilitary theoristsConsequentialistsMaterialistsBritish critics of ChristianityThomas HobbesEnglish theologians15th-century Italian philosophers
Hobbes
Melvyn Bragg discusses Thomas Hobbes, the great 17th century philosopher who famously said that ungoverned man lived a life that was ‘solitary, poor, brutish and short’.
1 December 2005
Also featuring: David Wootton, Annabel Brett
PhilosophyCritics of the Catholic ChurchPhilosophers of culture17th-century writers in LatinPhilosophers of mind17th-century English writersRhetoric theoristsPhilosophers of religionMaterialistsEnglish political philosophersPhilosophers of languageBritish critics of ChristianityPolitical realistsEpistemologistsBritish philosophers of educationPhilosophers of lawEmpiricistsMetaphysiciansBritish critics of religionsPhilosophers of mathematics17th-century English male writersAlumni of St John's College, CambridgeTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of historyThomas HobbesSocial philosophersNatural law ethicistsEnglish theologians17th-century English philosophersEnglish physicistsOntologists17th centuryLanguageMathematicsMedicineTheologyMachiavelli and the Italian City States
Melvyn Bragg discusses the political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli. Inspired by the model of Cesare Borgia, he wrote a notorious manual of power still read today.
9 December 2004
Also featuring: Evelyn Welch, Lisa Jardine