A History of Western Philosophy

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A History of Western Philosophy — Book · desert is.land

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John Pardoe

desert is.land

“And if you could take only one…” — a semantic wireless tuned to the Desert Island Discs archive.

The listing

Transmission

Not affiliated with the BBC · Built for the love of the long wave · Made by Daniel Hails

John Pardoe on how Suez made him so angry he entered politics

Castaway · 10 April 1976Roy Plomley

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Vincent Brome on wanting an inflatable woman to write on

Castaway · 6 March 1976Roy Plomley