The fifth edition of the outdoor international art exhibition "Desert X" will open on March 8 and run through May 11 at sites ...

Callard is a University of Chicago moral philosopher with a madcap streak, and a perpetually controversial figure for making ...

The Case for a Philosophical Life" by Agnes Callard. (W.W. Norton & Co., 416 pages, $35) During a time when many are ...

During a time when many are complaining about divisiveness in politics and in society, it seems counterintuitive for a book to make the case that we need to argue more.

This hour on The Colin McEnroe Show, philosopher Agnes Callard joins us to talk about her new book, Open Socrates: The Case ...

To any question you can ask, there’s apparently already an answer; in fact, there seem to be more answers than questions.

The Republic, the best-known work of ancient Greek philosopher Plato on democracy, authored around 375 BC, has shaped ...

The Case for a Philosophical Life” is a look at how the ancient Greek philosopher's approach can be applied to the thorniest ...

Ruling is a skilled trade, Plato argues. And like any other trade, not everyone has the talent or the training to be good at ...

Or maybe you want to be kinder, gentler and more caring to the people around you. In Open Socrates, Agnes Callard suggests that self-improvement isn’t so much a matter of willpower, but of ideas. It’s ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This cover mage released by Norton shows “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life” by Agnes ...

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 ...