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Agnes Callard

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Philosopher, UChicago There's another Agnes Callard bluesky account, was also opened by me, but then I forgot I did that and opened this one and also I forgot the password to the other one so I can't delete it. Sorry. Profile art by Zoë van Dijk

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Mar 3

New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !

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The Free Press @thefp.com · Sep 9

My whole life, I’ve wanted to feel what it’s like to fly. Riding a motorcycle is the closest I’ve come, writes Agnes Callard.

Falling in Love on the Back of a Motorcycle

My whole life, I’ve wanted to feel what it’s like to fly. Riding a motorcycle is the closest I’ve come, writes Agnes Callard.

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Perry Gray @perrylgray.bsky.social · Sep 6

Coming to Toronto! University of Chicago associate professor @agcallard.bsky.social
to explore Socrates’ #philosophy, and why it is still the way to a good life. In conversation with host @ellastreet.bsky.social
Question and answer session and book signing to follow. #Socrates @wwnorton.com

Agnes Callard: Open Socrates

An acclaimed philosopher argues that Socrates still holds the key to the Good Life.

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · May 25

Looking forward to having a philosophical conversation with Agnes Callard at 5.30pm on Thursday 29th May upstairs at Blackwell’s in Oxford - free event in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

PHILOSOPHY IN THE BOOKSHOP with Agnes Callard and Nigel Warburton

A new and vibrant understanding of Socrates and his unique approach to learning. This is part of our Philosophy in the Bookshop series.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Patrick O'Connor @drpatoc.bsky.social · Apr 18

Delighted to share a conversation I had with the brilliant philosopher Agnes Callard [ agcallard.bsky.social ] on #Socrates. We discuss philosophy as a public, outward-looking practice, free speech, justice, loneliness and lots more!

Thales' Well is available on Spotify and usual podcast places.

On Socrates with Agnes Callard | Thales’ Well

On this episode I talk to the Agnes Callard about the great Ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. We discuss Agnes' new book Open Socrates: The Case for A Philosophical Life [Penguin, 2025]. Agnes and I...

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Rebecca Taylor FRSA @rebeccataylor.bsky.social · Apr 16

Gorgeous venue for Socratic inquiry. Looking forward to this conversation about “Questions to Live By” between two brilliant interlocutors: @agcallard.bsky.social and Alexander Nehamas.

📍 Princeton University

cc @princetonarts.bsky.social @princetonartandarx.bsky.social @wwnorton.bsky.social

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Mar 3

yup!

Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Mar 3

New book tour poster, updated with events in UK with @nigelwarburton.bsky.social and Jessie Munton, and in Spain with @jordigraupera.bsky.social !

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Mar 1

indeed

Krishna Roskin @krishnaroskin.bsky.social · Mar 1

[child1], pointing at Open Socrates: "This book is colorful."
[me]: "The person who wrote that book (@agcallard.bsky.social) would like that you appreciate that."

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 27

I wrote about (a novel about) millenials
unherd.com/2025/02/the-...

The paradox of Millennial perfection

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 27

my backpack was too subtle so I fixed it

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Jonathan Weisberg @jweisber.bsky.social · Feb 23

Your outie takes both boxes

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 22

from Randall Collins, The Sociology of Philosophies

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 22

The best account I've read of the real difference between "no, but..." and "yes, and..."
x.com/AgnesCallard...

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 21

Upcoming talk, open to the public, at Syracuse University

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Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Feb 19

Really looking forward to interviewing @agcallard.bsky.social about Socrates at Blackwell’s Oxford 29th May. Free event. Book your place #philosophyinthebookshop
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy... www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...

Philosophy in the Bookshop with Agnes Callard and Nigel Warburton

A new and vibrant understanding of Socrates and his unique approach to learning. This is part of our Philosophy in the Bookshop series.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 19

I only made this one but I will consider making it available more generally!

Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 19

this is wonderful to hear! I DO need encouragement!

Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 17

Video of my event with Judith Butler!
youtu.be/cVO0b6stlf0?...

Agnes Callard in Coversation with Judith Butler: The Case for a Philosophical Life

YouTube video by Townsend Center for the Humanities

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Marco Aurelio @mzanchi.bsky.social · Feb 16

I've just finished the 2nd chapter of @agcallard.bsky.social 's new book Open Socrates. What a punch to the guts it has been so far. I'll have to finish it now. I'm not sure I'll enjoy the process. Truth is hard to swallow.

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 12

"One could hardly make Socratic intellectualism more seductive than Agnes Callard does. Her vision of the philosophical life isn’t just a powerful antidote to confusion and thoughtless existential drift–it also forcefully defies nihilism"

My book reviewed in TLS:
www.the-tls.co.uk/philosophy/h...

The case for the examined life

My daughter’s first doll wasn’t a princess, but a bearded man in a toga – a Socrates doll, gifted by my students when she was born. I couldn’t wait for

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Troels Chr. Jakobsen @tcjakobsen.bsky.social · Feb 11

The new series @ppfideas.bsky.social on Revolutionary Ideas.

A delight listening to @agnescallard.bsky.social explaining how Socrates was revolutionary.

"Many knows more", we say in my party @alternativet.dk and we should imply the Socratic way.

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The History of Revolutionary Ideas: Socrates w/Agnes Callard

Past Present Future · Episode

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 10

If you want to know what *I* am interested in, just look at what I write about. Here's a recent list of topics:

Robert Musil
Taylor Swift
Paradoxes about Color (coming soon)
Foucault & human heterogeneity
Is Acting Ok?
The Purpose of Universities
Socrates, Socrates, Socrates

Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 10

Sometimes people wonder why I talk so much about my divorce in interviews. The answer is: I'm asked about it. A LOT. Interviewers predict that you want to read about it. Prob. correctly, since they're professionals.

Don't confuse your voyeurism for my exhibitionism!

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 9

"While I was reading [Open Socrates], I often felt like Callard had abducted me & brought me into a dark room, strapped me down into a chair, pinned my eyelids open à la A Clockwork Orange, & forced me to confront the things I was secretly trying to avoid"
thedispatch.com/article/socr...

An Ethics of Inquiry

The philosopher Agnes Callard wants you to ask questions.

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Agnes Callard @agcallard.bsky.social · Feb 6

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