. There are more books in the series than there are talks, although I was able to find an additional one by Rousseau that was not included in the post.These videos were originally posted by Mercury at Philosophy of Science Portal.
"In 90 Minutes"...introduction to some philosophy greats
Decent introduction to fourteen philosophers by Paul Strathern.
Paul Strathern [Wikipedia]:
Paul Strathern (born 1940) is a British writer and academic. He was born in London, and studied at Trinity College, Dublin, after which he served in the Merchant Navy over a period of two years. He then lived on a Greek island. In 1966 he travelled overland to India and the Himalayas. His novel A Season in Abyssinia won a Somerset Maugham Award in 1972.
Besides five novels, he has also written numerous books on science, philosophy, history, literature, medicine and economics. He is the author of two successful series of short introductory books: Philosophers in 90 Minutes and The Big Idea: Scientists Who Changed the World. His book on the history of chemistry entitled Mendeleyev's Dream (2001) was short-listed for the Aventis Prize, and his works have been translated into over two dozen languages. He is the author of the best-selling The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance, Napoleon in Egypt, and The Artist, the Philosopher and the Warrior: Leonardo, Machiavelli and Borgia - a fateful collusion. His most recent work Death in Florence: The Medici, Savonarola and the Battle for the Soul of the Renaissance City came out in May 2011.
These are all I could find though there are more available such as Bertrand Russell, Confucius, St. Augustine.
Strathern was a lecturer at Kingston University where he taught philosophy and science. He lives in London, and has three grandchildren who live in Vienna: Tristan, Julian and Opajoke.
An audio presentation.
Aquinas
Aristotle
Descartes
Hegel
Hume
Kant
Kierkegaard
Marx
Nietzsche
Plato
Sartre
Schopenhauer
Spinoza
Wittgenstein
Rousseau
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