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Author Nigel Warburton reads from his book Philosophy: The Classics which is an introduction to 27 key works in the history of Philosophy

Philosophy: The Classics Nigel Warburton

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Author Nigel Warburton reads from his book Philosophy: The Classics which is an introduction to 27 key works in the history of Philosophy

    Soren Kierkegaard - Either/Or

    Soren Kierkegaard - Either/Or

    Soren Kierkegaard's Either/Or is an oblique but brilliant contribution to philosophy. In this episode of Philosophy: The Classics  author Nigel Warburton summarises the book and considers several interpretations of it.

    • 16 min
    John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism

    John Stuart Mill - Utilitarianism

    Is it better to be a happy pig or a sad Socrates? John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism is the topic of this episode of Philosophy: The Classics.

    • 13 min
    John Stuart Mill On Liberty

    John Stuart Mill On Liberty

    Published in 1859, the same year as Darwin's Origin of Species, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty remains the classic statement of individual freedom. Here I summarise some of its main themes and outline some criticisms that have been made of it.

    • 17 min
    Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Idea

    Schopenhauer - The World as Will and Idea

    What is the nature of reality? Why can music be so profound? Are we doomed to suffer or is extended happiness possible? Should we choose a life of asceticism? These are some of the questions that Arthur Schopenhauer addressed in The World as Will and Idea. In this episode of Philosophy: The Classics Nigel Warburton outlines and criticizes Schopenhauer's great book.

    • 12 min
    Kant - Groundwork of Metaphysic of Morals

    Kant - Groundwork of Metaphysic of Morals

    Immanuel Kant's ethical stance is uncompromising: you must do your moral duty whatever the consequences. In this reading from his book Philosophy: The Classics, Nigel Warburton outlines the main features of Kant's approach and sketches some criticisms of it.

    • 14 min
    Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

    Kant - Critique of Pure Reason

    What is our relation to reality? Are some features of our experience conditions of our having any experience at all? In this reading from his book Philosophy: The Classics Nigel Warburton attempts to summarise Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, a notoriously difficult yet important book.

    • 13 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
32 Ratings

32 Ratings

Rohan- ,

Intro to outstanding philosophers

Having not studying philosophy in school, this podcast has piqued my interest in understanding the basics of the most well known philosophers.

I've also come to realise the influence of philosophers on one of my favourite band, Lungs and Adam Lees in particular.

Thanks Nigel for a great, easy to listen to podcast!

maddownunder ,

Extremely Educational

This Podcast is without doubt the best insight into the great minds of history.

You can learn a lot about why we are what we are by doing yourself the service of listening to Nigel.

I can't wait for the dissections on Nietsche and Marx (Capital Volume 1).

Keep up the great work you are doing by allowing us to understand what we should be learning as opposed to the garbage the modern media is force feeding us.

You are doing what Bertrand Russell attempted to do without the technology you have at your disposal to deliver this important information.

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