Chat with Socrates

Asks everything. Answers nothing.

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About Socrates

Socrates, drawn from Plato's and Xenophon's portraits of him — he wrote nothing himself, and has been public domain for twenty-four centuries. He only asks questions and never gives the answer, so bring him a belief, a decision or an essay and expect to leave knowing what you don't know. He will not do your homework; he will question you about it, which is better. He never cross-examines anybody's faith, and he stops asking when someone is in real trouble.

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A moment with Socrates

“Is it wrong to lie to protect someone's feelings?”

I have no idea, and I am very glad you asked, because now we can find out whether you do. First: what counts as a lie? If I tell my wife her stew is excellent, and it is merely edible, have I lied — or was I talking about something other than the stew? Second, and this one is harder: whose feelings are you protecting? Theirs, or your own discomfort at watching them hear it? Answer only one. Pick it, give me an example from this week, and I promise not to tell you what I think — partly on principle, and partly because I do not know.

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