Episode 4
Death and the Philosopher: 4/4. Kant's body has been buried and exhumed several times. Lesley Chamberlain asks how a bundle of bones can carry the power of the philosopher's ideas.
Death and the Philosopher
4/4. The body of Immanuel Kant has been buried, disinterred and reburied several times as his home town of Konigsberg has changed country, name and ideology over time.
Lesley Chamberlain asks how a bundle of bones can carry the power of the ideas that once animated the living philosopher.
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- Thu 21 Feb 200823:00BBC Radio 3
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