Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Cast: Bettany Hughes
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Season 1
3 episodes
1. MarxBettany begins her journey in the city of Trier on the banks of the Mosel in Germany. It was here on the 5 May 1818 that Karl Marx, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century was born.B-15CC1 h 0 minJun 16, 2016
2. NietzscheNietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.B-15CC1 h 0 minJun 23, 2016
3. FreudBettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.B-15CC1 h 0 minJun 30, 2016
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Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.
Creators and cast
- Created by
- David Upshal
- Cast
- Bettany Hughes
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Audio languages
Czech, English
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