'Genius' series now available on Netflix
Oct 25, 2018
1 min read
Updated: Jan 13, 2021
Bettany Hughes’ series ‘Genius of the Ancient World’ and ‘Genius of the Modern World’ originally broadcast on the BBC are now available to view on Netflix in the US, Canada, Spain, Brazil and Asia. Bettany traces the lives of six great thinkers that have shaped the modern world: Socrates, Confucius, Buddha, Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud and Frederick Nietzsche.
https://www.netflix.com/title/80185801
I like that they included thinkers from both East and West, not just Europe. Socrates and Confucius in the same series makes for a cool comparison. Meowdoku helped me find this on Netflix since the search there can be messy.
Bettany Hughes makes history feel personal, especially when she compares the ancient thinkers to modern ones. I found Krillion a useful way to track which episodes I have already watched. Nice to have these available outside of the BBC.
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