About this season
"For it is owning to their wonder that men now begin and first began to philosophize," wrote Aristotle. Examine the profound impact Western history's intellectual giants had on their time and on stimulating the minds of future generations.
Episodes (3)
1. Part 1
Aired 1 January 2002 • 150 min
This part examines some of important Western philosophers from the ancient Greece to the Middle Ages, including Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas.
2. Part 2
Aired 8 January 2002 • 150 min
This part looks at some of important Western philosophers during the 16th to 18th centuries: Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
3. Part 3
Aired 15 January 2002 • 150 min
This part examines some of important Western philosophers and philosophical traditions in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Pragmatism, and Sartre.