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MEETING OF MINDS VOLUME V Conceived and developed by Steve Allen, the award-winning PBS-TV series MEETING OF MINDS brought together the most provocative figures of history for conversation and conflict. In this, the fifth assemblage, four legendary characters who share a willingness to fly in the face of popular opinion offer an enlightening blend of confrontation and mutual admiration. -VOLTAIRE ruthless businessman, man of the theater, poet, spy, philosopher, and sometime champion of the oppressed demonstrates his prodigious gift for controversial assertion. -MARTIN LUTHER explodes with the anger that inspired his radical sixteenth-century actions. -FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE'S Compassion and intellectual rigor place her at odds with Luther's ferocity. -PLATO Astonishes the entire party by agreeing with no one on the subject of prayer and with Luther on how to deal with those who preach "dangerous nonsense. " Sit back and enjoy the excitement of intellectual challenge the ultimate talk show, moderated appropriately by the man who created The Tonight Show!