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 book to make the case that we need to argue more.
Callard's book is intellectually challenging and hardly a simple crash course on Socrates, but the payoff is worth the time and effort put into rethinking approaches to philosophy and life.
At the same time, Callard writes that Socrates' approach shows that the type of disputes philosophy requires can't be viewed as a zero-sum game.
But in “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” Agnes Callard illustrates how philosophy isn't just a spectator sport.
Thinking, Callard writes, requires interacting with others the same way Socrates did — even arguing with them.
