Should Socrates be held responsible for the actions ... The Origin of the Olympic Games (Event Page: First Olympics 776 BC) According to tradition the first Olympics took place in 776 BC.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Plato's accounts of the last days of Socrates in which he kept doing philosophy right up to the point of his execution by hemlock. Show more Melvyn Bragg and guests ...

But Callard says that Socrates has too often been “diluted”: treated like a “sauce” that could enhance one’s critical thinking instead of as the main event, whose ethics, if properly ...

Socrates was born in 469 BC. His father was a stonemason and his mother was a midwife, a profession he would later use to characterize himself, since he would later describe himself as a midwife ...

But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn't just a spectator sport. It requires engaging with one another and arguing with each ...

Book Review: 'Open Socrates' Shows Why Philosophy Isn't a Spectator Sport During a time when many are complaining about divisiveness in politics and in society, it seems counterintuitive for a ...

This cover mage released by Norton shows "Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life" by Agnes Callard. (Norton via AP) During a time when many are complaining about divisiveness in politics ...