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Podcast: Past Present Future
Episode: The History of Freedom w/Lea Ypi: The Ancients - Socrates, Seneca & Jesus
Description: In episode two of our new series David and Lea explore some ancient ideas of freedom and ask what they mean today. What can Socrates teach us about the nature of free inquiry and the pitfalls of democratic freedom? Is Stoicism a guide to emancipation from desire or an exercise in selfishness? And how did Christianity upend the notion of freedom by annexing it to ideas of salvation and love? A conversation about dissent, self-knowledge and faith.Sign up now for PPF+ to get ad-free listening and bonus episodes to accompany this and all future series. Just...