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The Inheritance

Rob Newman Rob Newman's Total Eclipse of Descartes
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Rob Newman unpicks 3000 years of philosophy 鈥� good and bad - to discover how we got into this mess. From September 2018.

One of Britain's finest comedians Rob Newman sets his sights on the world of philosophy, unpicking 3000 years of good and bad ideas to discover how we got into this mess.

In a world gone mad can philosophy provide the answer?

In this opening episode, Rob turns the spotlight onto the philosophy of education.

Written and performed by Rob Newman.

Edited by John Whitehall

Producer: Jon Harvey
Executive Producer: Richard Wilson

A Hat Trick production for 大象传媒 Radio, 4 first broadcast in September 2018.

28 minutes

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