THOUGHT-PROVOKING TRAVEL Podcast 245

You should have been there by Mick Webb and Simon Calder

Jul 5, 202600:28:50Society & Culture

Professor of philosophy, Emily Thomas, is today's guest. Our discussion includes the importance of cannibalism for John Locke's theories, an eighteenth century pile-on involving Mary Wollstonecraft's life and Emily's tho...

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