Socrates Café

A Fresh Taste of Philosophy

Christopher Phillips is a man on a mission: to revive the love of questions that Socrates inspired long ago in ancient Athens. “Like a Johnny Appleseed with a master’s degree, Phillips has gallivanted back and forth across America, to cafés and coffee shops, senior centers, assisted-living complexes, prisons, libraries, day care centers, elementary and high schools, and churches, forming lasting communities of inquiry”—Utne Reader. Phillips not only presents the fundamentals of philosophical thought in this “charming, Philosophy for Dummies-type guide”—USA Today; he also recalls what led him to start his itinerant program and re-creates some of the most invigorating sessions, which come to reveal sometimes surprising, often profound reflections on the meaning of love, friendship, work, growing old, and others among Life’s Big Questions.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2001 Christopher Phillips. Excerpt from “Giving Philosophy Back to the People.” Copyright © 2000 by Josh Glenn. Reprinted by permission of the author (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing

From an Alum of Socrates Café

This was an excellent primer into beginning an exploration into philosophy.
I started a Socrates Café in Cambridge, MA.
We had 20+ members.
I learned alot.
It was a wonderful experience.