Socrates café : a fresh taste of philosophy / Christopher Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Christopher, 1959 July 15-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy.

Physical Description:

232 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Norton, [2001]

Summary:

A modern-day Socrates takes to the road to bring philosophy back to the people. With great charisma and optimism, Phillips travels around the country, gathering people to participate in Socrates cafs in bookstores, senior centers, schools, and prisons.

Contents:

I What is the Question? 1

Socrates Cafe 2

Seeking Socrates 7

We're Socrates 15

Who Is Socrates? 16

What Is the Socratic Method? 18

A Dialogue of One 24

II Where Am I? 37

The Misexamined Life 38

Here, Here! 43

A Gathering Place 45

It Takes a Community 48

The Quest for Honesty 52

No Place Like Home 54

Homeward Bound 63

Free at Last 63

Brother, Can You Spare a Cell? 68

A Wise Place 75

III Whom Do You Need? 89

Friends 90

And the Children Shall Lead Me 104

Beyond Belief 107

Young Sophisticates 112

The Philosophers Club 112

Younger Folks and Older Folks 118

So Old? 119

Where Was I When I Needed Me? 126

What's Love Got to Do with It? 136

IV What's It All about? 143

Remembrance of Philosophizing Past 144

The Philosophic Spirit 151

Know Thyself at Thine Own Risk 152

Socratic Spirits 157

Out of This World 167

Unexpected Questions 178

Embracing the "What Within" 178

What's What? 187

Inquiring Minds Want to Know 191

V Why Ask Why? 193

? 194

Too Curious? 195

Seeking Ignorance 200

The Socratic Sensibility 205

True Teaching 207

Human Excellence 210.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-229).

ISBN:

0393049566

OCLC:

44768799