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 525 W. 120th St. For a description of this program, please click on "Join a Socratic Conversation" to your left. NEXT SESSION: Thurs., Sept. 11, 4 p.m. sharp, on "PATRIOTISM" NOW!?, concomitant with Patriot's Day. ************************************** SOCRATES SALONS are conducted once a month by Bea and Ron Gross at the Library in Great Neck, N.Y. NEXT SESSION: Friday, August 8, 3 p.m., on FAKING IT: Fraudulence in Our Lives, Culture, Arts, Politics, and the Professions. This Socrates Salon is the longest-running conversation group in the U.S. ************************************* This Spring and Summer, New Yorkers may suddenly find themselves face-to-face with SOCRATES. As he did in Athens 2,500 years ago, Socrates welcomes discussion of questions like: How should we live? Who is a true patriot? What makes a city great? Why be honest? Socrates will appear (weather permitting) 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. ************************************* RECENT "CONVERSATION WEEK" ACTIVITIES: Socrates launched Conversation Week 2008 in New York City with an appearance in front of the Donnell Library Center, 20 West 53rd Street (opp. the Museum of Modern Art) on Thursday, March 20 (the first day of Spring) at Noon. To celebrate Conversation Week 2008, Ron Gross conducted numerous conversations throughout NYC from Mar. 24 - 30. For an account of the week, please see www.ConversationWeek.org. ********************* 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. |
