u003cpu003eu003cbu003eA thinking person's guide to a better life. Ward Farnsworth explains what the Socratic method is, how it works, and why it matters more than ever in our time. Easy to grasp yet challenging to master, the method will change the way you think about life's big questions. "A wonderful book."--Rebecca Goldstein, author of u003ciu003ePlato at the Googleplexu003c/iu003e.u003c/bu003e u003cpu003e About 2,500 years ago, Plato wrote a set of dialogues that depict Socrates in conversation. The way Socrates asks questions, and the reasons why, amount to a whole way of thinking. This is the Socratic method--one of humanity's great achievements. More than a technique, the method is an ethic of patience, inquiry, humility, and doubt. It is an aid to better thinking, and a remedy for bad habits of mind, whether in law, politics, the classroom, or tackling life's big questions at the kitchen table. u003cpu003e Drawing on hundreds of quotations, this book explains what the Socratic method is and how to use it. Chapters include u003ciu003eSocratic Ethicsu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eIgnoranceu003c/iu003e, u003ciu003eTesting Principlesu003c/iu003e, and u003ciu003eSocrates and the Stoicsu003c/iu003e. Socratic philosophy is still startling after all these years because it is an approach to asking hard questions and chasing after them. It is a route to wisdom and a way of thinking about wisdom. With Farnsworth as your guide, the ideas of Socrates are easier to understand than ever and accessible to anyone. u003cpu003eAs Farnsworth achieved with u003ciu003eThe Practicing Stoicu003c/iu003e and the u003ciu003eFarnsworth's Classical Englishu003c/iu003e series, ideas of old are made new and vital again. This book is for those coming to philosophy the way Socrates did--as the everyday activity of making sense out of life and how to live it--and for anyone who wants to know what he said about doing that better.u003c/pu003e
