The lessons of Socrates have never really gone out of style, but if there’s ever a perfect time to revisit the ancient philosopher, now is it. In “How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a ...

The most important part of knowledge, in Socrates' view? Knowing how much you don't know. Yoeml/iStock via Getty Images Plus But each dilemma usually comes down to polarized deadlock between two ...

While questioning people, Socrates often compliments them and their “knowledge,” even though we suspect that he believes they are ignorant. In one of the best-known dialogues, the Euthyphro, Socrates ...

It’s tempting for a Philosophical Counselor to use the Socratic Method. After all, it was Socrates who set so many of us on the quest to live the examined life. As it turns out, though, an alternative ...

THERE is on occasion a crisis in the life of a man that at the same time constitutes a crucial moment in the life of humanity. Such was what may, by not too forced a metaphor, be called the high ...

WASHINGTON (voa) – Christopher Phillips has spent much of the past decade as a roving philosopher. The former school teacher travels from bookstores and coffee houses to schools, prisons and homeless ...

To pose a good question—like Sayers, Socrates, and Jesus—is to invite someone into a journey. I remember clearly where I was sitting when someone asked me a question that would change the entire ...