Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This cover image released by St. Martin's Press shows "How to Think Like Socrates: Ancient Philosophy as a Way of Life in the ...

In Benjamin Franklin’s famous list of thirteen virtues toward personal perfection, he urges his readers to “Imitate Jesus and Socrates.” As a teacher, I try to live up to this call. We hear a lot ...

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. But in “Open Socrates: The Case ...

Socrates was a philosopher who influenced countless of generations. Walking through the crowded pathways of Classical Athens, ...

Review of Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. By Agnes Callard. W.W. Norton & Company. 405 pp. $35. Many know that Socrates declared that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” And ...