The Soul of Brutes: A Sixteenth Century Debate
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First Aired: 8/9/2004
54 minutes

From ancient Greece to early modern Europe the debate on the souls of the brutes had cognitive, ethical and political implications; we are still confronted with most of them. Join UCLA Professor Carlo Ginzburg as he tries to put the debate in a historical perspective. A Foerster Lecture on the Immortality of the Soul presented by the UC Berkeley Graduate Council. (#8595)