Socrates is perhaps our most famous philosopher. But his life and death defy our dominant ideas of reason and religion.  By paying the ultimate price for his philosophy, Socrates became the West's first great religious martyr, changing his world, and ours.  Becoming Human: Origins Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale)

Socrates is perhaps our most famous philosopher. But his life and death defy our dominant ideas of reason and religion. By paying the ultimate price for his philosophy, Socrates became the West's first great religious martyr, changing his world, and ours. Becoming Human: Origins Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale)

Socrates is perhaps our most famous philosopher. But his life and death defy our dominant ideas of reason and religion.&nbsp; By paying the ultimate price for his philosophy, Socrates became the West's first great religious martyr, changing his world, and ours.&nbsp; Becoming Human: Origins Samuel Loncar, Ph.D. (Yale)

Ep.2: The Myth of Secular Philosophy: Socrates as a Religious Martyr

Becoming Human with the philosopher Samuel Loncar is a show for a species in transition.

The show features long-form, solo series that bring scholarly depth and academic insights to today’s most pressing questions around science, religion, technology, and philosophy. Between these long-form, solo series, enjoy Explorations: journeys into time, culture, art, and history, encountering the mystery of the Human in conversations and free-standing episodes.

Series 1: Origins, tells the story of the atheistic revolution, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, that made the modern world.

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Becoming Human with the philosopher Samuel Loncar is a show for a species in transition. The show features long-form, solo series that bring scholarly depth and academic insights to today’s most pressing questions around science, religion, technology, and philosophy. Between these long-form, solo series, enjoy Explorations: journeys into time, culture, art, and history, encountering the mystery of the Human in conversations and free-standing episodes. Series 1: Origins, tells the story of the atheistic revolution, beginning with Socrates and Jesus, that made the modern world.

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