🫶🏽 Thank you for joining us last Monday at Debatpodium Arminius for our talk with philosopher and public intellectual Agnes Callard on The Case for a Philosophical Life.
Agnes Callard
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Philosopher, UChicago There's another Agnes Callard bluesky account, was also opened by me, but then I forgot I did that and opened this one and also I forgot the password to the other one so I can't delete it. Sorry. Profile art by Zoë van Dijk
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.
Falling in Love on the Back of a Motorcycle
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.
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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
Agnes Callard: Open Socrates
An acclaimed philosopher argues that Socrates still holds the key to the Good Life.
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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...
PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Agnes Callard and Nigel Warburton
A new and vibrant understanding of Socrates and his unique approach to learning. This is part of our Philosophy in the Bookshop series.
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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.
On Socrates with Agnes Callard | Thales’ Well
On this episode I talk to the Agnes Callard about the great Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. We discuss Agnes' new book Open Socrates: The Case for A Philosophical Life [Penguin, 2025]. Agnes and I...
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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
Rebecca Taylor FRSA@rebeccataylor.bsky.social · last yr.Book 58: ‘Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life’ by Agnes Callard (@agcallard.bsky.social) Pre-reading for tonight’s talk ✔️ #philsky #booksky #bookchallenge
New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !
I wrote about (a novel about) millenials unherd.com/2025/02/the-...
The paradox of Millennial perfection
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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...
Philosophy in the Bookshop with Agnes Callard and Nigel Warburton
A new and vibrant understanding of Socrates and his unique approach to learning. This is part of our Philosophy in the Bookshop series.
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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 case for the examined life
My daughter’s first doll wasn’t a princess, but a bearded man in a toga – a Socrates doll, gifted by my students when she was born. I couldn’t wait for
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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...
The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Socrates w/Agnes Callard
Past Present Future · Episode
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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...
An Ethics of Inquiry
The philosopher Agnes Callard wants you to ask questions.
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"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...
Philosophy professor Agnes Callard believes in the power of a full-blown argument
Her superpowers as a philosopher sprung out of the frustration at getting her thoughts and herself across to people who couldn’t care less about philosophy.
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I have a substack now, where I will post event info and updates on new writing, subscribe here: substack.com/@agnescallard
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Philosopher, UChicago
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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...
What Socrates Teaches Us About Love, Politics, and Death
Some struggles persist over millennia. The philosopher Agnes Callard explores the life and lessons of one of the greatest thinkers of all time.
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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
Agnes Callard@agcallard.bsky.social · 2y agoI 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...
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...
Where the Wild Things Aren't—Asterisk
We tell our children that weirdness is a blessing in disguise. That’s our fantasy, not theirs.
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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: “Socrates wants us to reflect on the oddity of our sexual practices”
The public philosopher on open relationships, free speech and why protests fail.
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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
The History of Revolutionary Ideas Bonus: Socrates w/Agnes Callard (Part Two) - Past Present Future
Past Present Future is a bi-weekly History of Ideas podcast with David Runciman, host and creator of Talking Politics, exploring the history of ideas from politics to philosophy, culture to technology...
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