The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher
Series of talks by philosopher and historian Jonathan Ree arguing that William Hazlitt was a committed philosopher as well as a great essayist
The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher - A Metaphysical Discovery
Jonathan Ree on how Hazlitt spent much of his 20s leading a self-conscious life as a 'solitary thinker', which resulted in his challenge to received ideas about personal identity.
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The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher - Acquaintance with Poets
Jonathan Ree explores Hazlitt's relationship with Coleridge and Wordsworth. The former found Hazlitt to be 'a thinking, observant, original man'.
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The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher - Hazlitt and the Fate of Modern Philosophy
Jonathan Ree explores how Hazlitt came to question all the main tenets of 'modern philosophy', preferring doubt to certainty.
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The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher - William Hazlitt Senior
Jonathan Ree argues that Hazlitt's whole intellectual career can be seen as a dialogue with his father - a politically radical Unitarian minister.
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The Essay - William Hazlitt - Philosopher - Winterslow
Jonathan Ree describes how a young, still unknown Hazlitt, living a solitary life near the small village of Winterslow, devoted himself to becoming a serious philosophical writer.
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