Western Philosophy
Western Philosophy
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Western Philosophy

2002
1 season
3 episodes
Documentary

"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.

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  • Part 1

    1.Part 1

    01-01-2002150m

    This part examines some of important Western philosophers from the ancient Greece to the Middle Ages, including Pythagoras, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Thomas Aquinas.

  • Part 2

    2.Part 2

    08-01-2002150m

    This part looks at some of important Western philosophers during the 16th to 18th centuries: Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.

  • Part 3

    3.Part 3

    15-01-2002150m

    This part examines some of important Western philosophers and philosophical traditions in the 19th and 20th centuries, including Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx, Pragmatism, and Sartre.

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