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EPISODE · Sep 10, 2024 · 45 MIN

Who's smarter: Plato or me?

from Opening Question · host Torrey Honors College at Biola University

It seems like new things are always the best things - there’s better technology, better medicine, better scientific advancement today than 10 years, 5 years, even 1 year, ago. But is that true for ideas, as well? Do ideas get better with time, or can we still learn things from the philosophers of old? Join Ellie, Paul, and Fred in our quest to discuss what CS Lewis calls “chronological snobbery” in today’s episode. Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred SandersExecutive Producer: Ellie MartinEditor and Producer: Timothy House----------Torrey Honors College is the undergraduate honors program at Biola University. We bring together students with different backgrounds from all over the world in pursuit of a common goal.At Torrey Honors, students read deeply from some of the best books ever written. They gather with close friends to spend hundreds of hours in discussion, searching out answers to big questions together — all while guided by a faculty mentor. And when they graduate, students enter a community dedicated to lifelong learning and pursuing Christ both personally and vocationally.Learn more at https://www.biola.edu/torrey

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It seems like new things are always the best things - there’s better technology, better medicine, better scientific advancement today than 10 years, 5 years, even 1 year, ago. But is that true for ideas, as well? Do ideas get better with time, or can we still learn things from the philosophers of old? Join Ellie, Paul, and Fred in our quest to discuss what CS Lewis calls “chronological snobbery” in today’s episode. Hosted by: Ellie Martin, Dr. Paul Spears, and Dr. Fred Sanders Executiv...

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