Season - Episode
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Season 1 Sep 06, 1987
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1 - 1Plato Sep 06, 1987 -
1 - 2Aristotle Sep 13, 1987 -
1 - 3Medieval Philosophy Sep 20, 1987 -
1 - 4Descartes Oct 04, 1987 -
1 - 5Spinoza and Leibniz Oct 11, 1987 -
1 - 6Locke and Berkeley Oct 18, 1987 -
1 - 7Hume Oct 25, 1987 -
1 - 8Kant Nov 01, 1987 -
1 - 9Hegel and Marx Nov 08, 1987 -
1 - 10Schopenhauer Nov 22, 1987 -
1 - 11Nietzsche Nov 29, 1987 -
1 - 12Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism Dec 06, 1987 -
1 - 13The American pragmatists Dec 13, 1987 -
1 - 14Frege, Russell and Modern Logic Dec 20, 1987 -
1 - 15Wittgenstein Dec 27, 1987
Overview
This program examines the systematic, philosophical pessimism of Arthur Schopenhauer and its emphasis on infraconsciousness, or will, as the irrational motivating force in human nature. Distinguished philosophical historian Frederick Copleston discusses Schopenhauer's theory of underlying reality as experienced through the inner self. On a larger scale, the concept of will is ultimately defined as energy, which is judged to be central to scientific explanations of what drives the universe.
Year 1987
Studio BBC One
Director Bryan Magee
Crew
Popularity 0.8014
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