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Original Airdate08/05/2015
Bettany Hughes investigates three giants of ancient philosophy - Buddha, Socrates and Confucius.
Genius of the Ancient World
Related To Genius of the Ancient World
Season 1
3. Confucius
Air Date 08/19/2015
Bettany Hughes travels to China on the trail of Confucius, a great sage of Chinese history whose ideas have fundamentally shaped the country of his birth for around 2,500 years.
2. Socrates
Air Date 08/12/2015
Bettany visits Greece, on the trail of the hugely influential, maverick thinker Socrates, who was executed for his beliefs.
1. Buddha
Air Date 08/05/2015
Historian Bettany Hughes travels to India, Greece and China on the trail of three giants of ancient philosophy and investigates the revolutionary ideas of the Buddha.