Bestselling Author Eric Weiner on Modern Lessons from Dead Philosophers

Socrates, Rousseau, Thoreau and Nietzsche. You may have been one of those people who purposely avoided Philosophy 101 in high school or college, but in these extraordinary and challenging times we are facing, perhaps there is no better time to revisit history’s great thinkers than right now.

The 21st was joined by the author of the bestseller "The Geography of Bliss and the new release The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers." to speak more about the difference between knowledge and wisdom, getting ideas on trains and how chapters of his book relate to the social unrest in the world.

Guests:

Eric Weiner, former NPR foreign correspondent and author of the bestseller "The Geography of Bliss and the new release The Socrates Express: In Search of Life Lessons from Dead Philosophers."

Prepared for web by Zainab Qureshi

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