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Genius of the Modern World

2016

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EP1 Marx Jun 16, 2016

Bettany begins her journey in the city of Trier on the banks of the Mosel in Germany. It was here on the 5 May 1818 that Karl Marx, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century was born.
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EP2 Nietzsche Jun 23, 2016

Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.
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EP3 Freud Jun 30, 2016

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.
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7.6| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Holstra Boring, long, and too preachy.
Humbersi The first must-see film of the year.
Monique One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

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