Western Philosophy

0.0 2002 1 Season

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…

Season 1

3 episodes

Episode 1

Part 1

150 min

Episode 1

Part 1

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

150 min

Episode 2

Part 2

150 min

Episode 2

Part 2

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

150 min

Episode 3

Part 3

150 min

Episode 3

Part 3

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

150 min