Roger Scruton
Research Professor at the Institute for the Psychological Sciences
4 episodes
Covers topics in categories such as:
The Consolations of Philosophy
Melvyn Bragg discusses Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy and asks whether philosophy should lead us toward consolation or lead us from it.
1 January 2009
Also featuring: A. C. Grayling, Melissa Lane
Nature
Melvyn Bragg discusses the history of man’s attempt to define nature, including the Ancient Greek’s quest to demonstrate the wrath of the gods and the Romantics who set out to philosophise it.
10 July 2003
Also featuring: Jonathan Bate, Karen Edwards
The Philosophy of Love
Melvyn Bragg discusses the philosophy of love, a search for a completeness in human nature.
29 March 2001
Also featuring: Angie Hobbs, Thomas Docherty
Modern Culture
Melvyn Bragg discusses whether contemporary culture is evidence of a moral and aesthetic decline in our civilisation in the 20th century or if it shows a society richer and more diverse than ever.
21 January 1999
Also featuring: Will Self