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 twice a month from September to June, at Columbia University, sponsored by the Gottesman Libraries at Teachers College, 525 W. 120th St. For a description of this program, please click on "Join a Socratic Conversation" to your left. NEXT SESSION: Thurs., July 9, 4-5 p.m., "Coping with Our 'Stuff' -- with help from George Carlin and Daniel Goleman. ************************************** SOCRATES SALONS are conducted once a month by Ron Gross at the Library in Great Neck, N.Y. NEXT SESSION: Friday, July 17, 3:00 p.m., "Do We Have Too Much 'STUFF'?!" 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. NEXT SESSION: Mon., Oct. 5, Kirsten Olson, author of WOUNDED BY SCHOOL: Recapturing the Joy in Learning and Standing Up to the Old School Culture. **************************** CONVERSATION WEEK: Mar. 23 - 30. Socratic Conversationalists conducted events throughout Manhattan, including at Hunter College, NYU, Columbia, the atrium of the IBM building on Madison Ave., and various McDonaldses. For details: www.ConversationWeek.org. **************************** 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 Fall 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), ** 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. ************************************* 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. ********************************************* Socrates' Way has been published in China, Poland, Greece, Argentina, Japan, Russia, Korea, and France, with more foreign editions in the works. |
