Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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A clip of Bryan Magee and Ernest Gellner discussing the social context for the rise of relativism in modern thought which arose as a result of the breakdown of traditional authorities. This comes from a 1977 program on the social context of modern philosophy in a series on Modern Philosophy with Bryan Magee called Men of Ideas.

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