Quel philosophe fut une des plus grandes fort...

Au cœur de ce château, cette salle résume à elle seule l’ambition politique de Louis XIV. Longue de plus de 70 mètres, bordée de miroirs étincelants et ouverte sur les jardins royaux, elle n’était pas seulement destinée à impressionner les visiteurs. Elle était surtout un gigante ...  Show more

Lorsque nous pensons à l’art de la Grèce antique, nous imaginons souvent des statues de marbre immaculé, dépouillées de toute couleur. Pourtant, cette vision est une erreur historique largement répandue. En réalité, les statues grecques étaient richement polychromes, peintes d ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the consolation of Philosophy. In the 6th century AD, a successful and intelligent Roman politician called Boethius found himself unjustly accused of treason. Trapped in his prison cell, awaiting a brutal execution, he found solace in philosophical ...  Show more

Arthur Schopenhauer was a German Philosopher born in 1788 known for his dark pessimistic philosophical reflections.For Schopenhauer, the underlying force of reality is the Will (also called will to live or will to life), which is the essence of existence. It is an unconscious and ...  Show more

Socrates has been celebrated as the "father of western philosophy". This is particularly remarkable when you consider the fact that we know almost nothing about him for sure. What we consider "Socratic Philosophy" is what has been reported to us by his students. Should we trust w ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Stoicism, the third great philosophy of the Ancient World. It was founded by Zeno in the fourth century BC and flourished in Greece and then in Rome. Its ideals of inner solitude, forbearance in adversity and the acceptance of fate won many brillia ...  Show more