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In Our Time

Zeno's Paradoxes

Duration: 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the paradoxes attributed to Zeno of Elea (c490-430BC) which have stimulated mathematicians and philosophers for millennia. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
Marcus du Sautoy
Interviewed Guest:
Barbara Sattler
Interviewed Guest:
James Warren

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In Our Time

Plato's Republic

Duration: 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's most famous dialogue which asks 'what is justice', and 'how does justice relate to happiness?'. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Melvyn Bragg
Interviewed Guest:
MM McCabe
Interviewed Guest:
Angie Hobbs
Interviewed Guest:
James Warren