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<h2 id="episodes">Episodes</h2> <h3><i>Man's Right to Knowledge: Tradition and Change</i></h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Lecturer</th><th>Subtopic</th><th>Title</th><th>Original air date</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Arnold_J._Toynbee/FXYUy5hj">Arnold J. Toynbee</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></td><td rowspan="4">"The Idea of Man"</td><td>"The Ancient Mediterranean View of Man"</td><td>January 3, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan/CPs7cVML">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></td><td>"The Ancient Asian View of Man"</td><td>January 10, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/William_F._Albright/PX5lthdr">William F. Albright</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>"The Judeo-Christian View of Man"</td><td>January 17, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Joseph_Wood_Krutch/mxQpR6Qu">Joseph Wood Krutch</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>"The Modern View of Man"</td><td>January 24, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/William_Linn_Westermann/M3rocYlP">William Linn Westermann</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td rowspan="4">"The Idea of Society"</td><td>"Authority and Freedom in the Ancient Mediterranean World"</td><td>January 31, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td><a href="/facts/Hu_Shih/MyozKTH2">Hu Shih</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>"Authority and Freedom in the Ancient Asian World"</td><td>February 7, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Martin_D%2527Arcy/SmIeQcac">Martin D'Arcy</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>"Authority and Freedom in Medieval Europe"</td><td>February 14, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Robert_Morrison_MacIver/34scgPhB">Robert Morrison MacIver</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>"Authority and Freedom in the Modern World"</td><td>February 21, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/George_Sarton/rhAkYlKf">George Sarton</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td rowspan="4">"The Idea of the Universe"</td><td>"The Old World and the New Humanism"</td><td>February 28, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/Swami_Nikhilananda/m435VGYN">Swami Nikhilananda</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></td><td>"The Universe as Pure Being"</td><td>March 7, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><a href="/facts/Fran%25C3%25A7ois_Louis_Ganshof/yMUWkw1e">François Louis Ganshof</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></td><td>"Knowledge and Faith in Medieval Europe"</td><td>March 14, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td><a href="/facts/Homi_J._Bhabha/hVevadtA">Homi J. Bhabha</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></td><td>"Inquiry and Reason Today"</td><td>March 21, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a href="/facts/Grayson_L._Kirk/7BYfTXF6">Grayson L. Kirk</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></td><td>"The Idea of the University"</td><td>"The Idea of the University"</td><td>March 28, 1954</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3><i>Man's Right to Knowledge: Present Knowledge and Future Directions</i></h3> <table><tbody><tr><th>#</th><th>Lecturer</th><th>Subtopic</th><th>Title</th><th>Original air date</th></tr><tr><td>1</td><td><a href="/facts/Howard_P._Robertson/bCyYtLD3">Howard P. Robertson</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></td><td rowspan="4">"The Nature of Things"</td><td>"The Nature of the Universe"</td><td>October 3, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Pauli/Ugk4ubXk">Wolfgang Pauli</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></td><td>"The Nature of Matter"</td><td>October 10, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><a href="/facts/Hermann_Joseph_Muller/vmQSDmDC">Hermann Joseph Muller</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22"><sup>22</sup></a></td><td>"The Nature of Life"</td><td>October 17, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><a href="/facts/Henry_Murray/z8affzfG">Henry Murray</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23"><sup>23</sup></a></td><td>"Versions of Man"</td><td>October 24, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td><a href="/facts/John_Lord_O%2527Brian/TohFzDAY">John Lord O'Brian</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:24" href="#fn:24"><sup>24</sup></a></td><td rowspan="5">"Human Organization"</td><td>"Law and Freedom"</td><td>October 31, 1954</td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2">6</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean_Monnet/ejotIk4Y">Jean Monnet</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a></td><td>"Use of Resources"</td><td rowspan="2">November 7, 1954</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Eli_Ginzberg/Xl6w6c4I">Eli Ginzberg</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></td><td>"Human Potential"</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td><a href="/facts/Brock_Chisholm/PHrkNESq">Brock Chisholm</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></td><td>"Physical Well-Being"</td><td>November 14, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td><a href="/facts/Hans_Speier/LG2dL2TR">Hans Speier</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></td><td>"War and Peace"</td><td>November 21, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td><a href="/facts/Paul_Tillich/HwmPnGH7">Paul Tillich</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></td><td rowspan="4">"The Human Spirit"</td><td>"Religion as an Aspect of the Human Spirit"</td><td>November 28, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td><a href="/facts/William_George_Constable/dquRvnfH">William George Constable</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></td><td>"Visual Arts as an Aspect of the Human Spirit"</td><td>December 5, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td><a href="/facts/Herbert_Read/adTmmenu">Herbert Read</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:32" href="#fn:32"><sup>32</sup></a></td><td>"Literature as an Aspect of the Human Spirit"</td><td>December 12, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td><a href="/facts/Aaron_Copland/mGWY3jEm">Aaron Copland</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:33" href="#fn:33"><sup>33</sup></a></td><td>"Music as an Aspect of the Human Spirit"</td><td>December 19, 1954</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td><a href="/facts/J._Robert_Oppenheimer/qvgElLRC">J. Robert Oppenheimer</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:34" href="#fn:34"><sup>34</sup></a></td><td>"Prospects in the Arts and Sciences"</td><td>"Prospects in the Arts and Sciences"</td><td>December 26, 1954</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ernest_Kempton_Adams_Lectures/vbALJYhe">Ernest Kempton Adams Lectures</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Bampton_Lectures_(Columbia_University)/GCrzQ7EP">Bampton Lectures (Columbia University)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Dr. Kirk to Preside at Radio Lectures". The New York Times. December 20, 1953. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/12/20/92516200.html?pageNumber=45" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1953/12/20/92516200.html?pageNumber=45</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"1954: Nuclear Scientist Speaks". The New York Times. December 27, 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2022. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/news/1954nuclear-scientist-speaks-in-our-pages100-75-and-50-years-ago.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/news/1954nuclear-scientist-speaks-in-our-pages100-75-and-50-years-ago.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"'Knowledge' Theme Wins Columbia U. Air Time Bonanza". Billboard. March 27, 1954. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ER8EAAAAMBAJ" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=ER8EAAAAMBAJ</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Man's Right to Knowledge". The Peabody Awards. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/mans-right-to-knowledge/" target="_blank">https://peabodyawards.com/award-profile/mans-right-to-knowledge/</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"C.B.S. Will Resume Series of Lectures". The New York Times. September 18, 1954. Archived from the original on July 18, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022. <a href="https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23" target="_blank">https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/09/18/83779565.html?pageNumber=23</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>Man's Right to Knowledge: Second Series: Present Knowledge and New Directions; an International Symposium Presented in Honor of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of Columbia University 1754–1954. Columbia University Press. 1954. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=seOjMvAiq3oC" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=seOjMvAiq3oC</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:32"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:32" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:33"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:33" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:34"><p>Grams, Martin (2008). Radio Drama: A Comprehensive Chronicle of American Network Programs, 1932–1962. McFarland Publishing. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-7864-3871-6. <a href="978-0-7864-3871-6" target="_blank">978-0-7864-3871-6</a> <a href="#fnref:34" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>