Socrates' Way: Seven Keys to Using Your Mind to the Utmost (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781585421923)

Socrates has inspired and guided the brightest men and women for more than two thousand years. Now you can make him your mentor-to strengthen your thinking, enrich your life, and reach your goals.

In Socrates' Way, you meet Socrates face-to-face, hear his voice, and learn how he changes people's lives. The book provides step-by-step guidance on how to harness his methods to vastly enhance your own creativity and autonomy.Specifically, Socrates shares the seven keys to using one's mind to the utmost:

• Know thyself
  
• Grow with friends
  
• Ask great questions
  
• Strengthen your soul
  
• Verify everything
  
• Speak frankly
  
• Free your mind

You will master the famed "Socratic Method" for getting to the root of any problem; launch one of Socrates' exhilarating "Dialogues" among your colleagues at work, as well as at home; and sharpen and enliven your thinking. In short, you will discover the Socratic spirit in you.

Author: Ronald Gross
ISBN-10: 1585421928
ISBN-13: 9781585421923
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2002
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.53w x 0.87d