The Sophists' paradoxical talk pieces and their public debates were entertainment in 5th century Greece. And in that world, Socrates was an entertainer.

I have spoken to expert audiences occasionally, but then no audience is expert over the whole range of things I want to explore.

I'm standing up thinking. Anybody who wants to listen is welcome. If not, I'm happy to see them go.

My way of thinking is very particular and concrete. It doesn't follow a continuous path.

When my mother left her second husband, she wrote her autobiography and presented it to him for his approval.

I'm not sure what theory is, unless it's the pursuit of fundamental questions.

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.