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The sprawling history of the human soul — part one

The sprawling history of the human soul — part one

Update: 2024-08-19
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In this two-part series, historian Paul Ham traces how our definition and understanding of the human soul has transformed over thousands of years. Humans have been probing their own invisible inner voice since the Stone Age. But where did the concept of the soul even come from? And is it really what separates the living from the dead?

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The sprawling history of the human soul — part one

The sprawling history of the human soul — part one

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