Quel philosophe fut une des plus grandes fort...

Aux XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles, la vie des marins et des boucaniers est tout sauf romantique. Violence, maladies, tempêtes, batailles navales : l’espérance de vie est courte et l’avenir, profondément incertain. C’est dans ce monde brutal qu’apparaît une pratique aujourd’hui méconnue ...  Show more

Les « tombes de nez » au Japon désignent des monuments funéraires aussi réels que dérangeants. En japonais, on parle de hanazuka (« tertres de nez ») ou plus souvent de Mimizuka (« tertre d’oreilles »). Le plus célèbre se trouve à Kyoto, et son histoire remonte à la fin du XVIᵉ s ...  Show more

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 uncon ...

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