Reading about conversation might seem paradoxical: a solitary take on a social activity. But Daniel Menaker’s “A Good Talk” evokes its subject by taking on a personal, conversational tone. Menaker ...

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This quote - “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people”- which is often attributed to Socrates, will always be true. In a world where things are always ...

(The Conversation) — Athens was deeply polarized over big-picture questions, and Socrates was never hesitant to question both sides’ assumptions – or his own. But each dilemma usually comes down to ...