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Religion & Ethics

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life

Ethical and religious discussion that examines some of the larger questions of life, taking a spiritual theme and exploring it through music, prose and poetry

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Something Understood: Passion

Embracing the Classical

21/08/2016

Passion

BBC Radio 4 - Something Understood, Passion

Mark Tully searches for a contemporary understanding of the word 'passion'.

Mark Tully asks if 'passion' is an overused term and explores the strengths and weaknesses associated with being passionate.

Mark Tully explores the concept of passion and investigates contemporary understandings of the word. From passion in a traditional religious context to its everyday use in a personal and in a corporate sense, the idea of this strongest of emotions still appears to hold sway in the thinking of many.

Is it simply an overused construct stretched to its limits by hyperbole or an important concept in philosophical, psychological and spiritual disciplines? 

We see passion through the eyes of the philosopher Bertrand Russell, poets Linda France and John Keats and musicians Oscar Serpo and Gioaccino Rossini.

The readers are Jonathan Broadbent, Francis Cadder and Adjoa Andoh.

Presenter: Mark Tully
Producer: Frank Stirling
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