My whole life, I’ve wanted to feel what it’s like to fly. Riding a motorcycle is the closest I’ve come, writes Agnes Callard.

Coming to Toronto! University of Chicago associate professor @agcallard.bsky.social to explore Socrates’ #philosophy, and why it is still the way to a good life. In conversation with host @ellastreet.bsky.social Question and answer session and book signing to follow. #Socrates @wwnorton.com

Looking forward to having a philosophical conversation with Agnes Callard at 5.30pm on Thursday 29th May upstairs at Blackwell’s in Oxford - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

Delighted to share a conversation I had with the brilliant philosopher Agnes Callard [ agcallard.bsky.social ] on #Socrates. We discuss philosophy as a public, outward-looking practice, free speech, justice, loneliness and lots more! Thales' Well is available on Spotify and usual podcast places.

Gorgeous venue for Socratic inquiry. Looking forward to this conversation about “Questions to Live By” between two brilliant interlocutors: @agcallard.bsky.social and Alexander Nehamas. 📍 Princeton University cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social

New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !

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I wrote about (a novel about) millenials unherd.com/2025/02/the-...

my backpack was too subtle so I fixed it

Your outie takes both boxes

The best account I've read of the real difference between "no, but..." and "yes, and..." x.com/AgnesCallard...

Upcoming talk, open to the public, at Syracuse University

Really looking forward to interviewing @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates at Blackwell’s Oxford 29th May. Free event. Book your place #philosophyinthebookshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

Video of my event with Judith Butler! youtu.be/cVO0b6stlf0?...

I've just finished the 2nd chapter of @agcallard.bsky.social 's new book Open Socrates. What a punch to the guts it has been so far. I'll have to finish it now. I'm not sure I'll enjoy the process. Truth is hard to swallow.

"One could hardly make Socratic intellectualism more seductive than Agnes Callard does. Her vision of the philosophical life isn’t just a powerful antidote to confusion and thoughtless existential drift–it also forcefully defies nihilism" My book reviewed in TLS: www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/h...

The new series @ppfideas.bsky.social on Revolutionary Ideas. A delight listening to @agnescallard.bsky.social explaining how Socrates was revolutionary. "Many knows more", we say in my party @alternativet.dk and we should imply the Socratic way. 1/6 open.spotify.com/episode/7Lnl...

Sometimes people wonder why I talk so much about my divorce in interviews. The answer is: I'm asked about it. A LOT. Interviewers predict that you want to read about it. Prob. correctly, since they're professionals. Don't confuse your voyeurism for my exhibitionism!

"While I was reading [Open Socrates], I often felt like Callard had abducted me & brought me into a dark room, strapped me down into a chair, pinned my eyelids open à la A Clockwork Orange, & forced me to confront the things I was secretly trying to avoid" thedispatch.com/article/socr...

"I attended one of her classes, she was teaching Descartes. It was the second class of the semester and she wrote in a corner of the blackboard: “Nothing is certain.” A moment later, she scribbled: “Except this claim.” " www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/p...

I have a substack now, where I will post event info and updates on new writing, subscribe here: substack.com/@agnescallard

Excerpt of my book published today... (though do note that the book as a whole is more philosophical, and less biographical, than this excerpt might lead you to believe) www.thefp.com/p/what-socra...

New profile pic thanks to @creepcaptain.bsky.social

I know you are all busy reading my book but you should take a little break to read this essay bc it's really good

I wrote about this question: Are we progressively liberating people by cultivating new ways of being, or are we finding ever more fine-grained ways to squash them? asteriskmag.com/issues/09/wh...

This book by @agcallard.bsky.social looks great - can't wait to read it!

My book is an editor’s choice pick this week! www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/b...

Agnes Callard: “Socrates wants us to reflect on the oddity of our sexual practices” The public philosopher on open relationships, free speech and why protests fail. 🗣️ Pippa Bailey meets Agnes Callard

Agnes Callard snakker om KI, forteller at hun bruker det masse som researchassistent. Men umulig som «samtalepartner». Parafraserer Kleist: There is nothing so good for thought as the human face Nyttig distinksjon, og strålende samtale, anbefales

Life lessons from Socrates: "Refute your friends and family, never be satisfied" Agnes Callard, author of Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life. "The unexamined life isnt worth living." “be kind and loving..explain to people why their fundamental understanding of their lives is wrong"

I am watching this by @agcallard.bsky.social She touches this point: according to Socrates, a discussion should not be about winning it, rather learning from it. As @brankomilan.bsky.social points out, though, likely most of us will not live up to Socrates' standard www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdOK...

A happy coincidence too to highlight @agcallard.bsky.social brand new & highly original account of Socrates & the philosophical life. I have only just started it, but its freshness reminds me of the impact of Pierre Hadot in reframing our conception of ancient philosophy

This is very good, especially for the great way @agcallard.bsky.social sets out the relationship between Utilitarian, Kantian and Virtue philosophies but also their relationship to Socrates and reasoning. Throws new light for me on the facts vs. values, is/ought, science/politics debate.

Please read this review of my book, I love it so much. www.commonreader.co.uk/p/a-place-wh...

Honored to have been interviewed by the UChicago Student newspaper, we talked about why you should dress up for airports and dentist appointments, and other fashion views I have. chicagomaroon.com/45003/arts/t...

A week from tomorrow I'll be talking to JUDITH BUTLER about my book in Berkeley, CA, please come if you are in the area! townsendcenter.berkeley.edu/events/case-...

My book Open Socrates reviewed by Joshua Rothman in The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...

Here is how my book starts.

These are two really great episodes. The vision of political discussion David and @agcallard.bsky.social come to, feels like exactly what we need right now.

Knowledge comes from believing truths & avoiding falsehoods, but these are two separate algorithms that require a dialectical process. It's the core of the Socratic Method as expertly elaborated by @agcallard.bsky.social in her new book "Open Socrates." Our deep dive: voicesofvr.com/1518-the-soc...

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! Today’s bonus ep is part 2 of David’s conversation with philosopher @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates. They discuss how to depoliticise politics; how to deal with AI; how to face death; and how to avoid parties. Join PPF+ here: buff.ly/4aoeJ0J

Third annual Program for Public Thinking summer workshop, which will take place at the University of Chicago from August 4–August 15, 2025. Two-week workshop designed for students interested in ideas-based journalism/public philosophy. www.publicthinking.thepointmag.com/workshop

"Hard-line intellectualist" might be a niche brand, but Agnes Callard goes for it. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/b...

In her new book, philosopher Agnes Callard asks, what it would take to live like Socrates? So much of what she says is provocative and fascinating, especially when she talks about "rational love" and the virtues of "philosophical dissatisfaction" in a marriage. Here's my interview in @nautil.us.

(yes I finally remembered my password to this place)

I have a new book out and I’m talking to a lot of people about it, in a lot of places. Maybe one of them is near you?

NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! To begin our history of revolutionary ideas in earnest, David talks to the philosopher @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates, the philosopher who changed – and can still change – everything. Just what is so radical about the Socratic method? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

Very much looking forward to this - just the right reading for that guy’s birthday you all seem to celebrate and who copied Socrates anyway 😜🥳🎉!!

This is old, which makes this post weird. But it’s such a good examination of apologizing and the inherent tension of doing so that I can’t help myself.

“The question we ought to be asking is: Why is it that we so often find ourselves invoking this otherworldly ideal in the conduct of everyday life?” New online, @agcallard.bsky.social on why apologies are impossible—and why she believes in miracles.