Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – ...

To make a wise judgment, a leader must observe a situation and remain objective in their actions. This can be quite difficult to accomplish. But wise leaders consider the cascading impact, both direct ...

To his books (Philosopher’s Holiday and Philosopher’s Quest), as to his lectures and table talk, he brings the wise detachment of a bachelor, the urbanity of a sensitive New Yorker ...

The public philosopher on open relationships, free speech and why protests fail. By Pippa Bailey In the acknowledgements at the end of her new book, Open Socrates, the philosopher Agnes Callard writes ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

A new grocery store could be South Wise's most popular destination in the near future. The Rhome City Council approved an economic development negotiation with H-E-B allowing the sale of land in Rhome ...

This hour, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. Subscribe to The Noseletter, an email compendium of merriment, secrets, and ...

The bathetic scene will be familiar to many Jews who have traced their roots in eastern Europe. You go in search of der heim, your family’s cradle and the fulcrum of its lore, and discover there ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn’t just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...