Category: Socrates

• October 30, 2015

  The Great Paradox of Socrates

  In an interview, the philosopher Jacob Needleman states, “That wisdom comes pouring in when you really see you don’t understand. That was the great paradox of Socrates.” We must let our guard down and let the guest in: this is what Socrates is saying. We mustn’t go around making assertions but must listen to the…
• January 21, 2015

  Say what you believe, do not insist, be open: A paradox

  Say what you believe. Do not insist that it is so. Surrender in openness. Can any sense be made of these three statements, of this apparent paradox? Yes. ‘I believe that P’: this is where we begin. You do not claim to know that P. You do not insist that P must be the case. (When you…