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The Essay

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

Episode 2: William Hazlitt Senior

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Jonathan Ree argues that Hazlitt's whole intellectual career can be seen as a dialogue with his father - a politically radical Unitarian minister. Show more

The Essay

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

Episode 3: Hazlitt and the Fate of Modern Philosophy

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Jonathan Ree explores how Hazlitt came to question all the main tenets of 'modern philosophy', preferring doubt to certainty. Show more

The Essay

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

Episode 4: A Metaphysical Discovery

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Jonathan Ree on how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a self-conscious life as a 'solitary thinker', which resulted in his challenge to received ideas about personal identity. Show more

The Essay

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

Episode 5: Acquaintance with Poets

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Jonathan Ree explores Hazlitt's relationship with Coleridge and Wordsworth. The former found Hazlitt to be 'a thinking, observant, original man'. Show more

The Essay

William Hazlitt - Philosopher

Episode 1: Winterslow

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

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Jonathan Ree describes how a young, still unknown Hazlitt, living a solitary life near the small village of Winterslow, devoted himself to becoming a serious philosophical writer. Show more