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How Do I Live a Good Life?

A History of Ideas Omnibus

Melvyn Bragg asks how to live a good life. A historian, a neuropsychologist, a theologian and a philosopher supply the answers.

A new history of ideas presented by Melvyn Bragg but told in many voices.

Each week Melvyn is joined by four guests with different backgrounds to discuss a really big question. This week he's asking 'How do I live a good life'?

Helping him answer it are historian Justin Champion, neuropsychologist Paul Broks , theologian Naomi Appleton and philosopher Jules Evans.

For the rest of the week Jules, Paul, Justin and Naomi will take us further into the history of ideas about the good life with programmes of their own. Between them they will examine Aristotle's idea of flourishing, selfishness, the Protestant work ethic and Buddhism's Four Noble Truths.

This Omnibus edition has all five programmes together.

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58 minutes

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Fri 3 Apr 2015 21:00
大象传媒 Radio 4

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