The thoughts that shape my writing

Fragments of history, reflections on memory, and glimpses of the human thread that runs through it all.

Big Ideas: Socrates
John Rees John Rees

Big Ideas: Socrates

If the Buddha turned the mind inward to understand suffering, Socratesturned the mind outward — toward reason, truth, and moral integrity. He didn’t leave behind any written words only questions. Yet his way of thinking reshaped the Western world. He made philosophy not a doctrine to believe, but a method to live by.

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