Quentin Skinner
Regius Professor of History at the University of Cambridge
2 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
PhilosophyOntologistsSocial philosophersTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of mindPhilosophers of historyPhilosophers of cultureMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of religionPhilosophers of scienceEpistemologistsCritics of the Catholic ChurchPhilosophers of law17th-century English male writersPhilosophers of mathematicsNatural law ethicistsPhilosophers of languageEmpiricistsAlumni of St John's College, Cambridge17th-century writers in Latin17th-century English writersBritish philosophers of educationRhetoric theoristsBritish critics of religionsPolitical realistsPhilosophers of war17th-century English philosophersEnglish physicistsEnglish political philosophersMilitary theoristsConsequentialistsMaterialistsBritish critics of ChristianityEnglish theologiansThomas Hobbes15th-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
PhilosophyEpistemologistsMaterialistsNatural law ethicistsAlumni of St John's College, Cambridge17th-century English philosophersTheorists on Western civilizationEnglish physicistsPhilosophers of lawSocial philosophersBritish philosophers of educationRhetoric theoristsBritish critics of ChristianityPhilosophers of culturePhilosophers of language17th-century writers in LatinBritish critics of religionsCritics of the Catholic Church17th-century English writersPolitical realistsPhilosophers of mathematicsEnglish theologiansEmpiricistsOntologistsPhilosophers of mindMetaphysiciansPhilosophers of religionThomas HobbesEnglish political philosophersPhilosophers of sciencePhilosophers of history17th-century English male writersMachiavelli 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