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The Great Philosophers
1987 · TV series · 1 season
Created by Bryan Magee
Bryan Magee traces the history of western philosophy over two millennia, discussing the ideas of the past with an expert guest or contemporary philosopher.
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The Great Philosophers
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002kx5r/the-great-philosophers
The submitted, "Even in old age, philosopher Bryan Magee remains wonder-struck by the ultimate questions", was published in April 2018.
The article "Confessions of a philosopher: Bryan Magee’s final interview // As a broadcaster, politician and thinker, Magee led a rich and restless life to the very end" was published today and contains a 22 min audio article "Confessions of a philosopher: Bryan Magee’s final interview".
Recordings of Magee’s 1987 BBC television series The Great Philosophers - discussions with Ayers, Derrida, Kenny, Marcuse, Putnam, Quine, Searle (etc.), are available on YT.