Becoming Human Samuel Loncar, Ph.D.

This episode exposes modern myths about philosophy, religion, and science. To see the truth about ourselves and our culture, we need to recognize Socrates for who he really was: a religious revolutionary.

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. 

No single person has shaped history more than an obscure Jewish teacher who was executed by the Roman empire. Today, we know him as a god, a myth, a savior. In fact, he was the greatest philosopher of his time: Jesus of Nazareth.

Exploring a scarcely known tradition of philosopher-magicians, this episode puts magic and truth at the center of ancient philosophy. 

As antisemitic attacks increase across the world, it's important to understand why antisemitism is so pervasive. Far from being simply an issue of prejudice and injustice, antisemitism is a major philosophical problem that lies at the roots of Christianity, and thus Western culture. 

Since the modern age is over and modernity is a myth, what comes next? This episode offers a history of the current revolution in our greatest knowledge technology: the decline of literary and the rise of a new Aural Age. To respond to the end of reading, we need a new vision of philosophy and education. Welcome to the Becoming Human Project.