Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life

An iconoclastic philosopher revives Socrates for our time, showing how we can answer—and, in the first place, ask—life’s most important questions.

We all know something about Socrates, though we often …

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