Imagine having as your personal coach, the most beloved friend and wisest teacher of all time.... In every generation for 2,500 years, some of the noblest spirits have done just that. They include Montaigne, Benjamin Franklin, Henry David Thoreau, and in our own time the physicist Richard Feynman and the psychologist Carl Jung. You are invited to join them. Socrates' Way consists of seven master keys to using your mind to the utmost. |
 Ron Gross as Socrates |
| 1. Know Thyself
2. Ask Great Questions 3. Think for Yourself 4. Challenge Convention 5. Grow with Friends 6. Speak the Truth 7. Strengthen Your Soul This site invites you to explore Socrates' Way for your personal growth and development, and as a foundation for democratic citizenship. Following Socrates' Way Every Day Socrates in the Press (New York Times, Denver Post, Village Voice, etc.) Testimonials from Recent Clients Socrates is portrayed by Ronald Gross, author of Socrates' Way: Seven Master Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost, published by Tarcher/Putnam. He co-chairs the University Seminar on Innovation, at Columbia University, and is an on-line columnist for ABOUT.com. "Ron Gross calls Socrates up from the past to invigorate and enrich our lives today," says Michael Gelb, author of How to Think Like Leonardo. |
SOCRATIC CONVERSATIONS are conducted by Ron Gross throughout the year at Columbia University, sponsored by the Gottesman Libraries, 525 W. 120th St. For a description of this program, please click on "Join a Socratic Conversation" to your left. NEXT SESSIONS: Thurs. Sept. 16, Time and Topic TBA. Thurs., Sept. 30, Time and Topic TBA. ************************************** SOCRATES SALONS are conducted once a month by Ron Gross at the Library in Great Neck, N.Y. NEXT SESSIONS: Mon., Sept. 27, 3 p.m., "I Was Wrong!" Improving our lives by realizing how "to err makes us human" -- both intellectually and emotionally. Fri., Oct. 22, 3 p.m., "Challenging 'The Beauty Advantage': Do "Good Looks" unfairly influence our life prospects -- and if so, what needs to be done? This Socrates Salon is the longest-running conversation group in the U.S. ************************************* THE UNIVERSITY SEMINAR ON INNOVATION IN EDUCATION at Columbia University, co-chaired by Ron Gross, meets monthly at the Gottesman Library, 525 West 120th St. For further information: www.columbiaseminar.org. The Seminar is currently adjourned for the Summer. NEXT SESSION: Monday, October 4, with Shimon Waronker, founding director of The New American Academy, the newest public school in NYC, a collaborative effort between the NYC Dept. of Education, United Federation of Teachers, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. *********** SOCRATES IN NEW YORK CITY: This Summer, New Yorkers may suddenly find themselves face-to-face with SOCRATES! He is on the prowl, challenging fellow citizens as he did in Athens 2,500 years ago. His three questions this Summer are : How should we live? What makes a city great? Why be honest? Socrates will appear at such venues as: ** the steps of the New York Public Library at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (in front of the giant statue of him adjacent to the main entrance), weather permitting. ** at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens. ** next to David's painting "The Death of Socrates" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** catching lunch at Socrates Restaurant on Hudson Street. ** and at other cunningly appropriate (or surprising) locations. **************************** Socrates' Way has been published in China, Poland, Greece, Argentina, Japan, Russia, Korea, and France, with more foreign editions in the works. ************************************* The two most recent international Socrates Salons have started in Rome, Italy, meeting monthly under the aegis of EuroCircle (www.eurocircle.com); and in Bogota, Colombia, under the auspices of the World Ethics Project. ********************************************* |
