In “Open Socrates,” Agnes Callard argues for a way of being that sounds a lot like her own.

In “Open Socrates,” Agnes Callard suggests that self-improvement, at least as we usually understand the term, isn’t so much a matter of willpower, but of ideas. It’s not that we are weak ...

Socrates, particularly the importance of examining one's life to achieve a meaningful existence. It touches on themes of virtue, the nature of happiness, and the influence of government on personal ...

By Pippa Bailey In the acknowledgements at the end of her new book, Open Socrates, the philosopher Agnes Callard writes: “Socrates compares writing down one’s ideas to planting seeds in barren soil ...