Hazlitt and the Fate of Modern Philosophy
Jonathan Ree explores how Hazlitt came to question all the main tenets of 'modern philosophy', preferring doubt to certainty.
Series of talks arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist. Historian Jonathan Ree explores how Hazlitt, once a committed believer in rational Christianity and political radicalism, soon came to question all the main tenets of 'modern philosophy', preferring doubt to certainty.
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- Wed 4 Mar 200923:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 3 Feb 201023:00BBC Radio 3
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