A History of Ideas
4.0/5
Critic Rating
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the work of key philosophers and their theories.
Critic Reviews
Score: 4
James Marriot • The Times UK • May 2, 2020
"Runciman’s voice is drier than a Weetabix in the Sahara Desert, but get past that and his mind is subtle and engaging. He’s a populariser, not a dumber downer, although his description of Hobbes’s idea of the natural state of human society as being like everyone running downhill in a Gloucestershire cheese race will stay with me. …"
