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Nancy Sherman is Distinguished University Professor and Profes...


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PAC would like to express their deepest thanks to Prof. Nancy Sherman and Oxford University Press for this exclusive excerpt from


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In this exclusive presentation from the How to Think Like Socrates virtual event (2022), Prof. Ward Farnsworth rehabilitates the Socratic method, reframing it from a tool of academic intimidation into a “humane orientation of mind” built on humility and collaborative inquiry. He argues that by internalizing a Socratic inner voice, we can dismantle ou...


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In this exclusive video excerpt from the How to Think Like Socrates virtual event (2022), Professor Massimo Pigliucci takes us back to Athens circa 430 BCE to explore a question that feels strikingly modern: What is the relationship between ethics and politics? Through the lens of Socrates’ interactions with three very different young men—the brash A...


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In this exclusive presentation, Prof. Nancy Sherman explores the Stoic discipline of judgement. Drawing from her extensive work with the military, she reframes the famous Stoic tenet—that we are not disturbed by things, but by our view of them—as a vital tool for psychological and moral survival.

Prof. Sherman is widely recognized as one of the...


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