Agnes Callard: Socratic Inquiries for a Hopeful Age
Published: May 30, 2025
Duration: 1:17:16
The very great Agnes Callard joins me to talk about her excellent new book Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life.
Just two Hungarian girls discussing love and ethics, truth and ignorance, paradoxes and beliefs—and Kant, Aristotle, Mill, Nussbaum, William James—and of course Socrates. Hope you enjoy!
For the full transcript of our conversation, click here.
Important Links:
Agnes's UChicago ProfileAgnes's XShow Notes:
(0:00:00) Guest introduction
(0:02:52) Why do some people ask load-bearing questions?
(0:08:20) You can...