What if the philosophical life really is the only one worth living?
In “Open Socrates,” Agnes Callard argues for a way of being that sounds a lot like her own.
Philosophy professor Agnes Callard believes in the power of a full-blown argument
Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who ...
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Is the Socratic Method Still Relevant?
By Agnes Callard. W.W. Norton & Company. 405 pp. $35. Many know that Socrates declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” And that he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death ...
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Max Malikow
2,500 years ago Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." He believed a good life requires an understanding of why we think, act, and feel as we do. Since relationship is part of ...