Philosophy

The Greek philosopher Socrates famously said that "the unexamined life is not worth living." Taking this as a starting point, Eric Metaxas thought it would be valuable to create a forum that might encourage busy and successful professionals in thinking about the bigger questions in life. Thus Socrates In The City:  Conversations on the Examined Life was born.

Every month or so Socrates In The City sponsors an event in which people can begin a dialogue on "Life, God, and other small topics" by hearing a notable thinker and writer such as Os Guinness or Peter Kreeft.  Topics have included "Making Sense Out of Suffering," "The Concept of Evil after 9-11,", and "Can a Scientist Pray?"  No question is too big -- in fact, the bigger the better.  These events are meant to be both thought-provoking and entertaining, because nowhere is it written that finding answers to life's biggest questions shouldn't be exciting and even, perhaps, fun.

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Eric Metaxas founded Socrates ITC in October of 2000. He is the author of EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT GOD (but were afraid to ask), which has been acclaimed by Ann B. Davis (Alice on "The Brady Bunch"), Dick Cavett ("Metaxas deserves a prize"), and George Gallup. The musician Moby has called Eric "one of the funniest people I know." Non-celebrities have not been as generous.

Metaxas has worked as a writer for VeggieTales, and his humorous essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic. He is the author of over 30 children's books, including the bestseller Squanto and the Miracle of Thanksgiving. Eric frequently appears on CNN and the FoxNewsChannel as a cultural commentator, and his introductions of such figures as Sen. Joe Lieberman and Dick Armey have made him sought-after as a speaker and emcee in Manhattan where he lives with his wife and daughter. Eric's latest children's book, a lullabye poem titled It's Time to Sleep, My Love, will be published in the fall, and his biography of the German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer will be published by Thomas Nelson in 2010. For more information go to www.ericmetaxas.com.