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1. Marx

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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E2 60 min

2. Nietzsche

Nietzsche's uncompromising ideas smashed the safe presuppositions and assumptions of religion, morality and science.

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E3 60 min

3. Freud

Bettany Hughes travels to Vienna on the trail of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis.

Genius of the Modern World (2016)

7.6 (11) 1 Season 1h/ep 2016-06-16 GB

Historian Bettany Hughes retraces the lives of three great thinkers whose ideas shaped the modern world - Karl Marx, Frederick Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud.

Genres: Documentary

Stars: Bettany Hughes