LNL Summer: Searching for the soul

Update: 2024-12-19

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What is the soul? Is it a substance, your conscience or simply a creation of the mind? Most societies and religions have some concept of the soul. Historian Paul Ham has looked at how the idea has changed through history and across cultures.

Guest: Paul Ham, author of The Soul: A History of the Human Mind (Penguin Random House)

Originally broadcast on 1 August 2024

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LNL Summer: Searching for the soul

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LNL Summer: Searching for the soul