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The Great Philosophers (1987)

Documentary · History

Bryan Magee traces the history of western philosophy over two millennia, discussing the ideas of the past with an expert guest or contemporary philosopher.

IMDb rating
8.9 (60 votes)
Seasons
1
Language
EN
Type
Mini-series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1987)

8.41 avg 15 episodes 8.4 → 8.9 45 min avg

Ep 1: 8.4 · 12 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 10 votesEp 4: 8.2 · 9 votesEp 5: 8.7 · 8 votesEp 6: 8.1 · 8 votesEp 7: 8.8 · 10 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 8 votesEp 9: 8.9 · 10 votesEp 10: 7.9 · 12 votesEp 11: 9.0 · 11 votesEp 12: 9.1 · 10 votesEp 13: 7.8 · 6 votesEp 14: 8.4 · 10 votesEp 15: 8.9 · 10 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Plato8.412
2Aristotle7.815
3Medieval Philosophy7.810
4Descartes8.29
5Spinoza and Leibniz8.78
6Locke and Berkeley8.18
7Hume8.810
8Kant8.48
9Hegel and Marx8.910
10Schopenhauer7.912
11Nietzsche9.011
12Husserl, Heidegger and Modern Existentialism9.110
13The American Pragmatists7.86
14Frege, Russell and Modern Logic8.410
15Wittgenstein8.910