Café del Weirdo: How To Think Like Socrates with Donald Robertson

About this episode

Donald Robertson discusses the strange habits and philosophy of Socrates, bringing ancient wisdom into the modern world.

Donald Robertson is a psychotherapist and writer whose book 'How to Think Like Socrates' brings ancient wisdom into the modern world. Today, he shows us the strange habits, mental experiments, and street philosophy of Socrates (one of history’s original weirdos.) Plus, some of the most fascinating ancient myths and mysteries that still endure today. Host: Dan Schreiber Guest: Donald Robertson Producer: Cassie Merritt Head of Podcasts: Al Riddell

People in this episode

Host: Dan Schreiber

Guest: Donald Robertson

Topics covered

• Socrates
• philosophy
• ancient wisdom
• psychotherapy
• mental experiments
• myths

Keywords

• Socrates
• Donald Robertson
• philosophy
• ancient wisdom
• mental experiments
• myths

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: How to Think Like Socrates

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