In “Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life,” the philosopher Agnes Callard aims to rewind the tape to the beginnings of Western thought, where we can see its mechanisms in vivid relief. “What is thinking?” she asks.
Intellectually, it involves a kind of pressing yet pure inquiry—a willingness to sit with a question and look at it patiently, rather than search for a way to dismiss it quickly, or turn it into a problem that can be “solved,” so that you can get on with your life.
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Intellectually, it involves a kind of pressing yet pure inquiry—a willingness to sit with a question and look at it patiently, rather than search for a way to dismiss it quickly, or turn it into a problem that can be “solved,” so that you can get on with your life.
Should You Question Everything?
In “Open Socrates,” the philosopher Agnes Callard reminds us how thinking should feel.