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In Q&A, UChicago philosopher Agnes Callard talks new book and cultivating an ‘inherently inquisitive’ approach to ...
One day, a man named Chaerephon asked the Oracle if anyone was wiser than the philosopher Socrates. Pythia replied that none ...
Artist Jen Flaum was commissioned to paint a new mural on the exterior wall of Brick & Dough, a pizzeria in Montclair, New ...
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What Was Socrates’s Daemon?
Socrates, the famous ancient Greek philosopher, was put to death in Athens on charges of impiety and corruption. In his own ...
Agnes Callard’s Open Socrates is like many works of philosophy: It is addressed to a certain kind of skeptic. Most philosophical works are addressed to skeptics, but they tend to be ...
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 ...
We're not talking about the philosopher here, but one of football's greatest ever midfielders. Socrates represented Brazil 60 times between 1979 and 1986, captaining his country at the 1982 World Cup.