Becoming Human
Hosted by Samuel Loncar and unknown · Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.
4.9from 65 ratings
- 67
- Episodes
- 7
- Transcribed
- 65
- Ratings
- Bi-weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About Becoming Human
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.
- Publisher
- Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.
- Category
- society & culture · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Mar 2020
- Latest episode
- 28 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
7 of 67 episodes have a transcript.
28 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Plato's Philebus, Taoism, & Why the Good is a Challenging Idea
7 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
A Conversation with Dr. Karen Swallow Prior: Why Does Reading Shape the Modern World?
23 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mary Magdalene: Philosopher and Symbol of Love
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Plato's Philebus, Taoism, & Why the Good is a Challenging Idea
Published 28 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I think it's plausible, and I'm going to use it to then explore the third part of the lecture, which is the philebus is the solution to the answer of how do we make sense of Plato's idea of the good. Nothing that's really important should be seen as easy. So if it's really important to get to the top of a mountain, it tends not to be easy to get to the top of mountains. Now, I'm not saying that everything important is difficult. We can just go to the water. There's grace. There's ease built into nature. […]
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- 4.8 / 5
- 47 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 18 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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