
Sarah Colvin
Professor of German at the University of Edinburgh
1 episode
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Philosophy writersTheorists on Western civilizationPhilosophers of literatureWriters about activism and social changeEnlightenment philosophersGerman male non-fiction writersPhilosophers of social science19th-century German philosophers19th-century German male writersPantheistsGerman political philosophersPhilosophers of sexualityGerman male essayistsNatural philosophersGerman philosophers of historyGerman philosophers of artLiteracy and society theoristsGerman philosophers of cultureEpic poetsLiterary theorists19th-century German essayistsGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationRomantic poetsGerman philosophers of scienceLeipzig University alumni18th-century German male writersGerman philosophers of languageMembers of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences18th-century German philosophers, 18th-century essayistsMembers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesFabulistsGerman untitled nobilityFreethought writers19th-century German non-fiction writersPhilosophers of linguisticsJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sturm und DrangGerman travel writers19th-century German novelistsEpigrammatists19th-century travel writersUniversity of Strasbourg alumni18th-century German educators, 18th-century historians, 19th-century German educators, 19th-century historiansGerman autobiographersGerman male dramatists and playwrights, German male poetsGerman librariansColor scientistsGerman Freemasons19th-century German historians18th-century German civil servants, 18th-century German dramatists and playwrights, 18th-century German historians, 18th-century German novelists, 18th-century German poets, 18th-century travel writers, 19th-century German civil servants, 19th-century German diplomats, 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights, 19th-century German poets, German bibliophiles, German diplomats, German male novelists, People from Weimar, Scientists from Weimar, Writers from Frankfurt, Writers from Weimar
Goethe
Melvyn Bragg discusses the great German polymath Johann Wolfgang Goethe - novelist, dramatist, poet, humanist, scientist and philosopher.
6 April 2006
Also featuring: Tim Blanning, W. Daniel Wilson
Philosophers of linguisticsGerman philosophers of artRomantic poetsGerman philosophers of scienceGerman political philosophersJohann Wolfgang von Goethe, Sturm und Drang18th-century German civil servants, 18th-century German dramatists and playwrights, 18th-century German historians, 18th-century German novelists, 18th-century German poets, 18th-century travel writers, 19th-century German civil servants, 19th-century German diplomats, 19th-century German dramatists and playwrights, 19th-century German poets, German bibliophiles, German diplomats, German male novelists, People from Weimar, Scientists from Weimar, Writers from Frankfurt, Writers from WeimarLiteracy and society theoristsPhilosophers of social science19th-century German philosophersTheorists on Western civilizationGerman travel writersPhilosophers of literaturePhilosophers of sexualityEpic poets19th-century German novelistsPhilosophy writersLeipzig University alumni18th-century German male writersEpigrammatists18th-century German philosophers, 18th-century essayists19th-century travel writers19th-century German male writersUniversity of Strasbourg alumniGerman philosophers of languageMembers of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesLiterary theoristsMembers of the Bavarian Academy of SciencesFabulistsGerman untitled nobilityGerman philosophers of culture19th-century German essayistsGerman male essayists18th-century German educators, 18th-century historians, 19th-century German educators, 19th-century historiansGerman autobiographersGerman ethicists, German philosophers of educationNatural philosophersGerman male dramatists and playwrights, German male poetsPantheistsFreethought writersEnlightenment philosophersGerman librariansWriters about activism and social changeColor scientistsGerman Freemasons19th-century German historians19th-century German non-fiction writersGerman philosophers of historyGerman male non-fiction writers