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אין הרבה ארצות שמגיע להן ספיישל כמו לאנגליה – הארץ שהביאה לכולנו את הביטלס, המנדט, את השפה הבינלאומית ואת השעועית לארוחת הבוקר. אפשר לדבר על אנגליה במשך אינסוף שעות, ולכן בחרתי לעשות ספיישל של שני פרקים על הארץ ב-א' המרתקת הזו. הפרק הראשון בספיישל ידבר על אנגליה, ואילו הפרק השני ידבר על בריטניה 😊
אז על מה מדברים בפרק 25? החלק הראשון של הפרק עוסק בפרהיסטוריה ובהיסטוריה המוקדמת של האי הבריטי, על האוכלוסייה הקלטית, הכיבוש הרומאי, האנגלו-סקסים ועל וויליאם הכובש. החלק השני של הפרק מדבר על ההיסטוריה של ממלכת אנגליה, מהמגנה-כרטה עד לאוליבר קרומוול. החלק השלישי של הפרק עוסק ברנסנס האנגלי שהתרחש תחת תקופת מלכותה של המלכה אליזבת' הראשונה ובסוף הפרק אני מצטט קצת מילים של הוגים ויוצרים מאותה תקופה. בקיצור – פרק היסטורי הארדקור עם נגיעות של תרבות.
נושאים שעולים בפרק: סטונהנג', יוליוס קיסר, נדידת העמים, אסטריקס, הפרלמנט, מלחמת מאה השנים, ז'אן דארק, משחקי הכס, הנרי השמיני, פרנסיס דרייק, סקוטלנד, המלך ארתור, וויליאם שייקספיר, לוויתן.
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כולנו משתמשים באש כל הזמן, כמעט בלי לשים לב: זה קורה כשאנחנו מבשלים מזון על כיריים, נוהגים ברכב, משתמשים בחשמל או מעשנים סיגריה.
אבל מה זה אש ולמה היא כל כך חשובה?
בפרק הזה נדבר על התהליך הכימי שמתרחש באש (בערה), על היחס לאש בדתות שונות, על ההיסטוריה של האש ועל "הפתח לגיהנום" שנמצא בטורקמניסטן.
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חמור רעב עומד באמצע חדר, משני צידיו ערמות שוות בגודלן של חציר. שתיהן נראות לו אטרקטיביות באותה המידה, והוא מתלבט לאיזו מהן לפנות. לפי הפילוסוף הצרפתי בורידן, החמור משתתק וממשיך להתלבט לנצח, עד שהוא הופך לגל של עצמות. אחרי שראינו את האמת בטיעונים השונים בנוגע לעתיד הסכסוך, האם הפכנו גם אנחנו לאותו חמור משותק?
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The Crimean War of 1853 to 1856 saw an alliance led by Britain and France challenge Russian expansion. But why did the fighting break out, and can it really be described as the first 'modern war'? In this first episode of a new series charting the key moments in the conflict, Professor Andrew Lambert talks to Rachel Dinning about the long roots of the Crimean War – and considers whether its build up can be considered a 19th-century cold war.
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From Sufi mystics in 16th-century Yemen to hipster baristas in cities across the world today, the history of this caffeinated beverage is a long and fascinating one. For our latest everything you wanted to know episode, Rob Attar is joined by Professor Jonathan Morris to explain how coffee and coffee houses conquered the world – and why you shouldn’t order a latte in Milan.
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He learned from Socrates, taught Aristotle and is often described as the key figure in the history of philosophy. But what do we actually know about the life of Plato of Athens? And why was his work so pioneering? Plato’s latest biographer, Robin Waterfield, joins Rob Attar to explore these questions and more.
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Did you know that the Scythians were a large influence on European civilization? That their military prowess lead them all the way to Egypt and against the famous of ancient rulers - Darius the Great and Alexander the Great? How about the Amazons - did you know they were active members of Scythian society? What's myth and what's truth about the famous women warriors? You will find out in this episode along with an explorations of Scythian society through the eyes of ancient Greeks, Romans and even Shakespeare! Plus, some great stories of traveling (modern) Ukraine via train!
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Why is language important? How did the Ukrainian language evolve to what it is today? And how does language endanger the ruling class? Find out in this episode of Wandering the Edge about the history of the Ukrainian language. Also find out just how important Taras Shevchenko is to Ukraine and why little old ladies yelling at you is just a common past-time at Ukrainian museums.
Warning: explicit language is used.
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האם האינסוף הוא משהו אמיתי או משהו תיאורטי? כמה אנשים יכולים להשתכן במלון של הילברט? האם היקום הוא סופי או אינסופי? האם קוף מסוגל לכתוב את המלט של שייקספיר ואת שני משוגעים של עומר אדם? ואיך כל זה קשור ליוונים מאיטליה?
בפרק השישי של "חור בהשכלה" נדבר על האינסוף ונבחן אותו מהכיוון הפילוסופי, המתמטי והקוסמולוגי. נסקור את ההיסטוריה של החשיבה על האינסוף כקונספט מתמטי וכקונספט ממשי ונדבר על האנשים שעזרו לנו להבין את האינסוף קצת יותר, כמו גיאורג קנטור ועמנואל קאנט. כמו כן, ננסה להבין מאיפה הגיע אלינו סמל האינסוף והאם זה קשור לנחשים ודרקונים במצרים העתיקה.
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What’s the difference between the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths? Why did the Goths have whole settlements devoted to the production of combs? And were these Germanic tribes really responsible for the fall of the Western Roman empire? Speaking with Emily Briffett, Professor Peter Heather answers listener questions on the uncertain and complex history of the Goths, from debates around their origins to their later interactions with the Huns and the Franks.
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Æthelflæd was a successful and celebrated ruler of the Mercian peoples in the early 10th century, who enjoyed a period of great political prosperity. Speaking to Emily Briffett, Rebecca Hardie explores what this fascinating figure can tell us about contemporary definitions of power, the lives of other women at the time and the complicated patchwork of early medieval kingdoms.
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What was it like to travel on the earliest trains, before open carriages, and even toilets? When was the first rail accident? And how did railways transform nations and continents? Christian Wolmar answers listener questions on the history of the railways. Speaking to Ellie Cawthorne, he touches on industrial innovation, passengers’ experiences on early train journeys, and the role of railways in imperialism. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Today we talk about a famous book from the work of Karl Popper.
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Today we begin our discussion on Emil Cioran.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the remarkable achievement of Aristotle (384-322BC) in the realm of biological investigation, for which he has been called the originator of the scientific study of life. Known mainly as a philosopher and the tutor for Alexander the Great, who reportedly sent him animal specimens from his conquests, Aristotle examined a wide range of life forms while by the Sea of Marmara and then on the island of Lesbos. Some ideas, such as the the spontaneous generation of flies, did not survive later scrutiny, yet his influence was extraordinary and his work was unequalled until the early modern period.
The image above is of the egg and embryo of a dogfish, one of the animals Aristotle described accurately as he recorded their development.
With
Armand LeroiProfessor of Evolutionary Development Biology at Imperial College London
Myrto HatzimichaliLecturer in Classics at the University of Cambridge
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Sophia ConnellLecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London
Producer: Simon Tillotson
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Angie Hobbs, David Sedley and James Warren join Melvyn Bragg to discuss Epicureanism, the system of philosophy based on the teachings of Epicurus and founded in Athens in the fourth century BC. Epicurus outlined a comprehensive philosophical system based on the idea that everything in the Universe is constructed from two phenomena: atoms and void. At the centre of his philosophy is the idea that the goal of human life is pleasure, by which he meant not luxury but the avoidance of pain. His followers were suspicious of marriage and politics but placed great emphasis on friendship. Epicureanism became influential in the Roman world, particularly through Lucretius's great poem De Rerum Natura, which was rediscovered and widely admired in the Renaissance.
With:
Angie HobbsProfessor of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield
David SedleyLaurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
James WarrenReader in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge
Producer: Thomas Morris.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss The School of Athens – the fresco painted by the Italian Renaissance painter, Raphael, for Pope Julius II’s private library in the Vatican. The fresco depicts some of the most famous philosophers of ancient times, including Aristotle and Plato, engaged in discussion amidst the splendour of a classical Renaissance chamber. It is considered to be one of the greatest images in Western art not only because of Raphael’s skill as a painter, but also his ability to have created an enduring image that continues to inspire philosophical debate today. Raphael captured something essential about the philosophies of these two men, but he also revealed much about his own time. That such a pagan pair could be found beside a Pope in private tells of the complexity of intellectual life at the time when classical learning was reborn in what we now call the Renaissance.With Angie Hobbs, Associate Professor in Philosophy at the University of Warwick; Valery Rees, Renaissance scholar and senior member of the Language Department at the School of Economic Science; Jill Kraye, Professor of the History of Renaissance Philosophy and Librarian at the Warburg Institute at the University of London
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, work and legacy of Ludwig Wittgenstein. There is little doubt that he was a towering figure of the twentieth century; on his return to Cambridge in 1929 Maynard Keynes wrote, “Well, God has arrived. I met him on the 5:15 train”.Wittgenstein is credited with being the greatest philosopher of the modern age, a thinker who left not one but two philosophies for his descendents to argue over: The early Wittgenstein said, “the limits of my mind mean the limits of my world”; the later Wittgenstein replied, “If God looked into our minds he would not have been able to see there whom we were speaking of”. Language was at the heart of both. Wittgenstein stated that his purpose was to finally free humanity from the pointless and neurotic philosophical questing that plagues us all. As he put it, “To show the fly the way out of the fly bottle”.How did he think language could solve all the problems of philosophy? How have his ideas influenced contemporary culture? And could his thought ever achieve the release for us that he hoped it would?With Ray Monk, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southampton and author of Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius; Barry Smith, Lecturer in Philosophy at Birkbeck, University of London; Marie McGinn, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of York.
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the empire that flourished in the Late Bronze Age in what is now Turkey, and which, like others at that time, mysteriously collapsed. For the next three thousand years these people of the Land of Hatti, as they called themselves, were known only by small references to their Iron Age descendants in the Old Testament and by unexplained remains in their former territory. Discoveries in their capital of Hattusa just over a century ago brought them back to prominence, including cuneiform tablets such as one (pictured above) which relates to an agreement with their rivals, the Egyptians. This agreement has since become popularly known as the Treaty of Kadesh and described as the oldest recorded peace treaty that survives to this day, said to have followed a great chariot battle with Egypt in 1274 BC near the Orontes River in northern Syria.
With
Claudia GlatzProfessor of Archaeology at the University of Glasgow
Ilgi GercekAssistant Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and History at Bilkent University
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Christoph BachhuberLecturer in Archaeology at St John’s College, University of Oxford
Producer: Simon Tillotson
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