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Journeys In Thought
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Journeys In Thought
Jonathan Rée follows the routes - and the thoughts - of some key philosophers in this BBC Radio 3 series.

Retrace the physical journeys, and discover how landscape shaped the direction some of the greatest thinkers.

Journeys in evil

Eichmann on trial. Image: British Pathe

Watching the Eichmann trial (pictured) helped crystalise the nature of evil for Arendt.

Stafford trips

Rousseau image [copyright Mary Evans Picture Library]

The Peak District climate and his paranoia conspired against, but never quite overwhelmed, Rousseau.

French leave

Karl Marx

The revolutionary fervour of Paris had an indelible impact on the thoughts of Marx.

 

Why ask why they ask why?

An eye on the world

Faced with the competing demands of the real world,  why study philosophy?

Man and Switzerland

Nietzsche

It was his friendship with Wagner as much as the Basel location that made his time in the Alps key for Nietzsche.

 

Your own journey

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