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Motivated by charismatic optimism and passionate ideals, the author has traveled around the country, gathering people to participate in Socrates Cafes in bookstores, senior centers, elementary schools and universities, and a prison. Here he recalls what led him to start his itinerant program and recreates some of the most invigorating sessions.

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MORE PRAISE FOR SOCRATES CAF In this era of sound bites and talk-show quips - photo 1
MORE PRAISE FOR SOCRATES CAF

In this era of sound bites and talk-show quips, its good to have someone who prefers the true exchange of ideas, whether philosophical or practical. Thats what Chris Phillips achieves in this stimulating book.

Walter Anderson, publisher of Parade magazine

A compact and compelling account of some of those [philosophical] discussions threaded with the authors personal story of venturing into a cultural no-mans land. Socrates Caf is a testament to Phillipss conviction that Americans are hungry to start probing questions the way Socrates did more than two millennia ago in Athens.

The Arizona Republic

I loved reading the lively, morally energetic and introspective exchanges with children and adults from all walks of life. With Christopher Phillips, they teach the rest of us what it means to think about life and its meaning, its purpose Socrates Caf is a wonderful gift to the reader!

Robert Coles, Harvard University

A modern-day Socrates in a turtleneckwhos chosen the world, not just the agora, for his stage. [A] model discourse that elevates working lives and reduces intellectualisms pretensions.

Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch

[Christopher Phillips] has dedicated his life to teaching small groups of people how to use the Socratic method to revolutionize their everyday lives. Wandering about the republic, Phillips reaches out to anyone willing to engage with him in a common quest to lead the examined life.

Joshua Glenn, Utne Reader

How are we to change our lives? Christopher Phillips has given us this dramatic account of how heand now many others along with himare changing their lives through Socratic dialogue. In Socrates Caf , he has shown us how one can take that most difficult step of all, the first step, and for that we owe him our gratitude.

Matthew Lipman, Ph.D., Montclair State University

Is the unexamined life worth living? Posing this question can lead to thoughtful discussions of what we value and, ultimately, of who we are. Such topics, raised by Christopher Phillips and other participants in meetings of Socrates Caf, cultivate a self-aware climate of ongoing inquiry and reflection. A commitment to life-long learning may not answer all our questions, but it does make us more fully alive.

Science of Mind

Christopher Phillips is a fine writer, a fine thinker. In his engaging, accessible book, he leads us on a journey to find ourselves.

James Morgan, author of The Distance to the Moon

[An] amusing, thoughtful, and often touching chronicle of [Phillipss] work leading others to discover the joys of philosophical inquiry. His tales of the discussions he facilitated read like witty, stimulating chats with good friends.

Palo Alto Daily News

I am excited about Christopher Phillipss effort to bring philosophy out of the ivory tower and back into the lives of ordinary people, where it belongs.

Rabbi Harold S. Kushner, author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Phillips plants and nurtures nascent questions and heralds the merits of inquiry. [A]nimated, never-less-than-accessiblePhillips mixes the fresh, unscripted dialogue of his subjects with the texts of Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, and so many others; he weaves his own personal history into the larger history of ideas; and introduces us to the friends he has made throughout his travels. [A] hopeful, energetic book, one that never loses sight of its purpose.

Book (Summit, New Jersey)

For the philosopher at heart, this is an inspiring title indeed, especially because it shows how you can become directly involved, gathering friends or even total strangers together to join your own hearts passion.

The New Times (Seattle, Washington)

An entertaining blend of memoir and philosophical reflection. [Phillips] winningly showcases a tantalizing method for getting philosophy to thrive more widely.

Publishers Weekly

Both this book as well as the web site that it complements provide inspiration guidance for those who want to investigate wisdom beyond the halls of academia or at least read about the efforts others are making in this regard.

Library Journal

A noble, accessible tome to enliven the philosophy shelf.

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SOCRATES CAF

A Fresh Taste of Philosophy

CHRISTOPHER PHILLIPS

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W W NORTON & COMPANY

NEW YORK LONDON

Copyright 2001 Christopher Phillips

All rights reserved
First published as a Norton 2002

Excerpt from Giving Philosophy Back to the People. Copyright 2000 Josh Glenn. Reprinted by permission of the author.

For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10110.

DISCLAIMER: To guard participants privacy, all names and physical descriptions have been changed; sometimes occupations and the locales at which dialogues occurred have been changed. Participants portrayed in this book are occasionally composites of those who took part in actual Socrates Caf dialogues.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Phillips, Christopher, 1959 July 15
Socrates caf: A fresh taste of philosophy / by Christopher Phillips.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 978-0-393-04956-5
1. Philosophy. I Title.
BD31 .P56 2001
100dc21 00-062211

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For Cecilia,
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What Is the Question?

Can I ask you a question?

S OCRATES

SOCRATES CAF

Psychiatry is the rape of the muse!

The outburst jolts me from my reverie. Im perched on a swivel stool in the middle of about forty-five people seated on filigreed wrought iron benches and chairs in the courtyard of an art deco caf in San Francisco. It is a Tuesday night in midsummer and were about halfway through this particular weekly gathering. Were trying to answer the question What is insanity?

The dialogue started out grounded in concrete examples, which quickly begged more and more questions. Was Hitler insane? Or was society itself insane at the time and did he just tap into it with cold and calculating sanity? Was Jack London insane? What about Edgar Allan Poe? And van Gogh? Was insanity a key to their genius? Is anyone who sacrifices his health for his art insane? Or is such squandering the essence of sanity? Is it sane to risk your life for something that you believe in? Or for something you dont believe in? Is a businessman sane who works all day at a job he hates? Is a society wacky that tries to prolong perpetually the lives of the terminally ill? Is a society that does not sparingly use its natural resources off its rocker? Is it nutty to have thousands of nuclear weapons poised to be launchedan act that would obliterate the planet? How can anyone be sane in this world? Or is the universe itself insane? How is the concept of insanity related to such concepts as irrationality, eccentricity, lunacy, and craziness? Is it possible to be sane and insane at the same time? Is it impossible not to be? Is it possible to be completely sane, or completely insane? What are the criteria for determining that someone or something is insane? Is there really any such thing as insanity?

Questions, questions, questions. They disturb. They provoke. They exhilarate. They intimidate. They make you feel a little bit like youve at least temporarily lost your marbles. So much so that at times Im positive that the ground is shaking and shifting under our feet. But not from an earthquake.

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