A history of western philosophy in 15 parts 3: Medieval Philosophy with Anthony Kenny ,
Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
For a thousand years, between the fall of the Roman empire and the Reformation, philosophy was kept alive in the west by the Roman Catholic Church.
The great philosophers of the period were such figures as St Augustine and St Thomas Aquinas. The Confessions of St Augustine is universally recognised as one of the great books of the world.
Devised and presented by Bryan Magee
Producer JILL DAWSON
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