Socrates, We Need You - Sweers, Carolyn J.
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We live in an opinion saturated age. People hurl opinions at each other with various claims to rightness. It is doubtful that such opinions could stand up to the rigorous questioning that Socrates did. Why is that a problem? Partial understandings are mistaken for the final word. There is a lack of humility stemming from a recognition that all human opinions are partial and incomplete. All knowledge claims have as background the vastness of a reality no theory can fully capture. Socrates forcefully reminds us of this and provides both a goad and a guide to the importance of an examined and reverent life.…mehr

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We live in an opinion saturated age. People hurl opinions at each other with various claims to rightness. It is doubtful that such opinions could stand up to the rigorous questioning that Socrates did. Why is that a problem? Partial understandings are mistaken for the final word. There is a lack of humility stemming from a recognition that all human opinions are partial and incomplete. All knowledge claims have as background the vastness of a reality no theory can fully capture. Socrates forcefully reminds us of this and provides both a goad and a guide to the importance of an examined and reverent life.
Autorenporträt
Carolyn Sweers describes herself as a free-lance philosopher. She has a life-long interest in the subject and for over fifty years has taught introductory courses, first with high school students at New Trier and more recently in various older adult programs such as Osher at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Her style of teaching is interactive. She is committed to the Socratic insight that if people are asked the right questions, they can come up with the wisdom they need for the living of a good life.