Human, All Too Human

Human, All Too Human is a three-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and aired in 1999. The series follows the lives of three prominent philosophers; Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, and Jean-Paul Sartre. The theme of this documentary revolves heavily around the school of philosophical thought known as existentialism - although the term had not been coined at the time of Nietzsche’s writings and Heidegger always declaimed the label.

The first episode is titled Beyond Good and Evil, and is about Friedrich Nietzsche's thoughts and work - and follows his radual shift from religion, to nihilism, and finally to insanity. Design for Living is the next episode and it centers around the life and work of Martin Heidegger. Before and after the reign of the Nazis in Germany, Heidegger spent much of his time living in solitude in a hut on a hill near Todtnauberg to allow himself to clear his mind and better focus on his own philosophy. As a result of Heidegger's involvement with the Nazis during World War II, his works are routinely dismissed by his critics as Nazi propaganda. The final episode in this series, The Road to Freedom, describes the life of the French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. The episode shows that Sartre believed it is up to each individual human being to give his or her own life a meaning and a purpose.

Each episode runs about 60 minutes, and all three episodes are featured below:

Nietzsche: Beyond Good and Evil

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Heidegger: Design for Living

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Sartre: The Road to Freedom

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