Genius of the Modern World

Genius of the Modern World

Ended First aired 16/Jun/2016 United Kingdom English 1 season(s) 3 episode(s)
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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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3 episode(s) · Air date: 16/Jun/2016
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Marx
Air date: 16/Jun/2016 · Time: 21:00 · Runtime: 60 min
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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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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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