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Soul of Goodness: Transform Grievous Hurt, Betrayal, and Setback into Love, Joy, and Compassion
Christopher Phillips has devoted his life to carrying the torch of Socrates and his quest to "Know Thyself." Yet upon the death of his beloved father and mentor, the originator of the burgeoning global Socrates Café movement had little choice but to confront the inescapable truth: that there are some things we cannot know for sure. This moving, insightful and ultimately hopeful and helpful blend of memoir and philosophical exploration begins in Phillips' native stomping grounds of the tiny volcanic island of Nisyros, Greece and unfurls through space and time as the author explores the connections between his immediate circumstances and the eternal wisdom of popular philosophers. -
In this personal and probing book, the acclaimed 'philosopher for the people' shares lessons gleaned from his intimate and often unexpected encounters with uncommonly perceptive human beings both living and long deceased, in the form of weary travelers and some of history's greatest thinkers, from Heraclitus to Dr. Cornel West. Along the way, he charts a pathway for sculpting what Shakespeare describes as a "soul of goodness," which meshes with Plato's paradigm-shattering conception of the "healthiness of soul." For those struggling to overcome the hopelessness that can result from grievous loss, setback, or betrayal - what Phillips' touchstone Percy Blythe Shelley calls life circumstances "darker than death or night" - the author spotlights, with philosophical prescriptions both timely and timeless, how to cultivate a 'Socratic spirit' that leads to renewed love, forbearance, and hope at the other end of the tunnel.
In this personal and probing book, the acclaimed 'philosopher for the people' shares lessons gleaned from his intimate and often unexpected encounters with uncommonly perceptive human beings both living and long deceased, in the form of weary travelers and some of history's greatest thinkers, from Heraclitus to Dr. Cornel West. Along the way, he charts a pathway for sculpting what Shakespeare describes as a "soul of goodness," which meshes with Plato's paradigm-shattering conception of the "healthiness of soul." For those struggling to overcome the hopelessness that can result from grievous loss, setback, or betrayal - what Phillips' touchstone Percy Blythe Shelley calls life circumstances "darker than death or night" - the author spotlights, with philosophical prescriptions both timely and timeless, how to cultivate a 'Socratic spirit' that leads to renewed love, forbearance, and hope at the other end of the tunnel.
232 pages, Hardcover
First published February 8, 2022
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Christopher Phillips
29 books82 followers"Christopher Phillips is the greatest living embodiment of the Socratic spirit in our catastrophic times. His global grassroots movement of Socrates Cafés and Democracy Cafés have transformed the lives of millions of people in every continent on the Earth. His brilliant and wise books have touched the minds and souls of so many of us. And his soulful style and genuine compassion have enriched the lives of we fortunate ones. When the historians write of the ugly and beautiful in our turbulent age, the Socratic words, works and deeds of my dearest brother Christopher Phillips should loom large." - so says none other than Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy & Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary; Author of of the classic 'Race Matters' and other works, public intellectual and civil rights activist.
Christopher Phillips has a passion for inquiry. A foremost specialist in the Socratic Method, sought after speaker, consultant and moderator, and noted author of works including the international bestsellers 'Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy,' 'Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy', the critically acclaimed 'Constitution Cafe: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution', among others, including his newest work, 'Soul of Goodness' and a philosophical children's book series ('Day of Why,' 'The Philosophers' Club'), he reminds us that we ought to ask questions – “not about any chance question,” as Socrates put it in Plato’s Republic, “but about the way one should live.” He encourages us to turn on our childlike questioning lenses, and become our own best thinkers, askers, doers.
Dr. Phillips travels the world over holding dialogues with people of all walks of life. He believes that the process of dialogue and the space of human interaction are good for us as individuals and essential for us as a society. His goal is to inspire curiosity and wonder of a transformative sort, one that nurtures self-discovery, openness, empathy. The acclaimed educator exhorts his fellow inquirers to discover their own unique stores of wisdom and chart, alone and together.
His personal website page is ChristopherPhillips.com His nonprofit website is: SocratesCafe.com His Twitter is @ChristopherCafe His Instagram is @theSocratesCafe
His Facebook pages include:
https://www.facebook.com/SocratesCafe...
https://www.facebook.com/SocratesCafe...
Here's what two reviewers say about Christopher's newest book, 'Soul of Goodness':
"This textual gem of the heart, mind, soul, and body is an intellectual feast and existential blues song of he who decided to be true to his sacred Socratic calling and empty himself of his divine and human gifts in the open streets of the world to enrich the precious lives of us all." - Dr. Cornel West, author, Race Matters, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary, educator, civil rights activist, author Race Matters and many other works.
"Soul of Goodness is a masterpiece which blends the images of the novel, the philosopher's wisdom and the journalist's clarity. Through an extraordinary use of these skills, Philips has given us a work of art which penetrates the nerve center of being as he patiently enters the interiors of pain, of suffering, culminating in joyous solutions as they seamlessly unravel in Global Socrates cafes to which visitors come to speak, to think and heal by the philosophical wisdoms of the vast literature of the Global South and Global North. In the hands of Phillips, philosophy becomes musical and music and poetry become philosophical. Written beautifully through the powers of images and narratives, the novel is used in the service of philosophy and philosophy itself as the dwelling place of all those who want to wonder, to imagine and be healed." -- Teodros Kiros, Professor of Philosophy at Berklee college & Harvard
Christopher Phillips has a passion for inquiry. A foremost specialist in the Socratic Method, sought after speaker, consultant and moderator, and noted author of works including the international bestsellers 'Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy,' 'Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy', the critically acclaimed 'Constitution Cafe: Jefferson's Brew for a True Revolution', among others, including his newest work, 'Soul of Goodness' and a philosophical children's book series ('Day of Why,' 'The Philosophers' Club'), he reminds us that we ought to ask questions – “not about any chance question,” as Socrates put it in Plato’s Republic, “but about the way one should live.” He encourages us to turn on our childlike questioning lenses, and become our own best thinkers, askers, doers.
Dr. Phillips travels the world over holding dialogues with people of all walks of life. He believes that the process of dialogue and the space of human interaction are good for us as individuals and essential for us as a society. His goal is to inspire curiosity and wonder of a transformative sort, one that nurtures self-discovery, openness, empathy. The acclaimed educator exhorts his fellow inquirers to discover their own unique stores of wisdom and chart, alone and together.
His personal website page is ChristopherPhillips.com His nonprofit website is: SocratesCafe.com His Twitter is @ChristopherCafe His Instagram is @theSocratesCafe
His Facebook pages include:
https://www.facebook.com/SocratesCafe...
https://www.facebook.com/SocratesCafe...
Here's what two reviewers say about Christopher's newest book, 'Soul of Goodness':
"This textual gem of the heart, mind, soul, and body is an intellectual feast and existential blues song of he who decided to be true to his sacred Socratic calling and empty himself of his divine and human gifts in the open streets of the world to enrich the precious lives of us all." - Dr. Cornel West, author, Race Matters, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice, Union Theological Seminary, educator, civil rights activist, author Race Matters and many other works.
"Soul of Goodness is a masterpiece which blends the images of the novel, the philosopher's wisdom and the journalist's clarity. Through an extraordinary use of these skills, Philips has given us a work of art which penetrates the nerve center of being as he patiently enters the interiors of pain, of suffering, culminating in joyous solutions as they seamlessly unravel in Global Socrates cafes to which visitors come to speak, to think and heal by the philosophical wisdoms of the vast literature of the Global South and Global North. In the hands of Phillips, philosophy becomes musical and music and poetry become philosophical. Written beautifully through the powers of images and narratives, the novel is used in the service of philosophy and philosophy itself as the dwelling place of all those who want to wonder, to imagine and be healed." -- Teodros Kiros, Professor of Philosophy at Berklee college & Harvard
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April 15, 2022
Originally published on Medium.
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Regardless of political leanings, it seems reasonable to suggest that global polarization has reached a knife’s edge. For the last century or so, sharp rifts have occurred in the United States, and ripples of the so-called Western world have affected people’s far and wide. So, it is not that the polarized position of modern life is new, but rather that the impacts of its savagery are far more likely to destroy us once and for all. And yet, even within this epoch of misguided fundamentalism and climate catastrophe, change can occur. In fact, it might be true that it is in the midst of the greatest of trials that the deepest changes can take place. In the midst of our greatest pains, the most potent materialization of growth and renewal can occur. And this is why I find Soul of Goodness by Dr. Christopher Phillips so incredibly, beautifully, profound.
As Dr. Cornel West writes of Chris in the stirring forward to Soul of Goodness:
I first encountered Chris’s work in the form of a mildly-worn copy of Socrates Café in my local used bookstore, sometime around 2014. I remember devouring that book, and thinking to myself that therein lay the seed for the sort of conversations I wanted to have in the world. I read the rest of Chris’s books shortly thereafter, finding especially profound his Constitution Café: Jefferson’s Brew for a True Revolution. But, it was not until 2016 that I returned to the concept of a Socrates Café, or a “Democracy Café” when I found a sudden and urgent need to bring some positive and grounding dialogue into the world.
I started out small, bringing to life an intimate weekly conversation at the local esoteric bookstore. Shortly thereafter, I reached out to Dr. Phillips on random impulse, asking if he could list our café on his website. To my astonishment and delight, he not only did that, he also let me know that he would love to personally attend our Democracy Café and sign books for the group the next time he was in California. That was the beginning of our correspondence, which would soon metamorphize into one of my most treasured friendships (and mentorships, for Chris’s eternally Socratic mode of being continually inspires me toward self-betterment).
My experience with Chris is no one-off experience of chance, but came about because that is who Christopher Phillips fundamentally is: a dialogue-opener, a community builder, and a seeker of the intimate humanity in everything he does. Which is why this latest book, Soul of Goodness, is so important. Within it, Chris offers readers an opportunity to experience through his eyes “some soul of goodness in things evil, would men observingly distill it out” as Shakespeare wrote in Henry V. It is a taste of the remedy for what tries men’s souls, the brew that fosters open social dialogue among diverse voices in the best possible way.
As with Chris’s other works, the book takes shape around a number of conversations that he partook with individuals around the world, from indigenous communities in Mexico to a tea house in Japan. As Chris explores his own reaction to his father’s tragic and horrific death, he finds new outlooks on violence, death, and the nature of evil — which always seem to contain a kernel of some deeper and most potent hope, or goodness. Through these dialogues, Chris builds an idea of possible approaches to the worst life offers, following the great philosopher Socrates’ belief that “No person does wrong willingly.” He seeks, ever-deeper, Socrates’ own enlightened acceptance of the worst in people — even those who sentenced him to death — without rancor or hatred.
Because Chris’s experiences have been so broad, because his encounters with humanity have been so immersive and expansive, the conversations he recounts in this book are imbued with raw emotion and powerful truths of the human heart. Some will make you break down and cry. Others will give you hope for the future in surprising ways. As Veruch, a young Tzotzil woman from an indigenous community in Mexico, tells Chris during one of their exchanges:
Through Chris’s flowing literary style, the patient reader will be immersed in a broad landscape of experiences and lives; as he explores different cultures’ concepts of grief, hope, loss, joy, nostalgia, sorrow, and love, we follow and are immersed ourselves. I am reminded of case seventy-Eight of Zen Buddhism’s Blue Cliff Record, when “Sixteen Bodhisattvas enter the bath together and experience enlightenment”. In the same way, the everyday moments, the simplest human connections of Chris’s journeys, lead to the most profound of awakenings. He has observed, distilled, and offered up some soul of goodness in its most potent and form, and has brought light into the world.
***
Regardless of political leanings, it seems reasonable to suggest that global polarization has reached a knife’s edge. For the last century or so, sharp rifts have occurred in the United States, and ripples of the so-called Western world have affected people’s far and wide. So, it is not that the polarized position of modern life is new, but rather that the impacts of its savagery are far more likely to destroy us once and for all. And yet, even within this epoch of misguided fundamentalism and climate catastrophe, change can occur. In fact, it might be true that it is in the midst of the greatest of trials that the deepest changes can take place. In the midst of our greatest pains, the most potent materialization of growth and renewal can occur. And this is why I find Soul of Goodness by Dr. Christopher Phillips so incredibly, beautifully, profound.
As Dr. Cornel West writes of Chris in the stirring forward to Soul of Goodness:
“Christopher Phillips is the greatest living embodiment of the Socratic spirit in our catastrophic times. His global grassroots movement of Socrates Cafés and Democracy Cafés have transformed the lives of millions of people in every continent on the earth. His brilliant and wise books have touched the minds and souls of so many of us. And his soulful style and genuine compassion have enriched the lives of us fortunate ones. When the historians write of the ugly and beautiful in our turbulent age, the Socratic words, works, and deeds of my dearest Brother Christopher Phillips should loom large.”
I first encountered Chris’s work in the form of a mildly-worn copy of Socrates Café in my local used bookstore, sometime around 2014. I remember devouring that book, and thinking to myself that therein lay the seed for the sort of conversations I wanted to have in the world. I read the rest of Chris’s books shortly thereafter, finding especially profound his Constitution Café: Jefferson’s Brew for a True Revolution. But, it was not until 2016 that I returned to the concept of a Socrates Café, or a “Democracy Café” when I found a sudden and urgent need to bring some positive and grounding dialogue into the world.
I started out small, bringing to life an intimate weekly conversation at the local esoteric bookstore. Shortly thereafter, I reached out to Dr. Phillips on random impulse, asking if he could list our café on his website. To my astonishment and delight, he not only did that, he also let me know that he would love to personally attend our Democracy Café and sign books for the group the next time he was in California. That was the beginning of our correspondence, which would soon metamorphize into one of my most treasured friendships (and mentorships, for Chris’s eternally Socratic mode of being continually inspires me toward self-betterment).
My experience with Chris is no one-off experience of chance, but came about because that is who Christopher Phillips fundamentally is: a dialogue-opener, a community builder, and a seeker of the intimate humanity in everything he does. Which is why this latest book, Soul of Goodness, is so important. Within it, Chris offers readers an opportunity to experience through his eyes “some soul of goodness in things evil, would men observingly distill it out” as Shakespeare wrote in Henry V. It is a taste of the remedy for what tries men’s souls, the brew that fosters open social dialogue among diverse voices in the best possible way.
As with Chris’s other works, the book takes shape around a number of conversations that he partook with individuals around the world, from indigenous communities in Mexico to a tea house in Japan. As Chris explores his own reaction to his father’s tragic and horrific death, he finds new outlooks on violence, death, and the nature of evil — which always seem to contain a kernel of some deeper and most potent hope, or goodness. Through these dialogues, Chris builds an idea of possible approaches to the worst life offers, following the great philosopher Socrates’ belief that “No person does wrong willingly.” He seeks, ever-deeper, Socrates’ own enlightened acceptance of the worst in people — even those who sentenced him to death — without rancor or hatred.
Because Chris’s experiences have been so broad, because his encounters with humanity have been so immersive and expansive, the conversations he recounts in this book are imbued with raw emotion and powerful truths of the human heart. Some will make you break down and cry. Others will give you hope for the future in surprising ways. As Veruch, a young Tzotzil woman from an indigenous community in Mexico, tells Chris during one of their exchanges:
“True human beings aren’t perfect. But they do recognize the hurts they’ve caused and try their best to make amends, and never to repeat it. We’re all darkness and light, Christopher. When batsil winic (true human beings) do dark things, they learn from them, so they can better serve the good and the light.”
Through Chris’s flowing literary style, the patient reader will be immersed in a broad landscape of experiences and lives; as he explores different cultures’ concepts of grief, hope, loss, joy, nostalgia, sorrow, and love, we follow and are immersed ourselves. I am reminded of case seventy-Eight of Zen Buddhism’s Blue Cliff Record, when “Sixteen Bodhisattvas enter the bath together and experience enlightenment”. In the same way, the everyday moments, the simplest human connections of Chris’s journeys, lead to the most profound of awakenings. He has observed, distilled, and offered up some soul of goodness in its most potent and form, and has brought light into the world.
June 9, 2022
Get this book- form a discussion group- you will be glad you did!
I belong to a team of very dedicated persons who develop and implement programming for a college culture center. I met Dr. Phillips several times over past decades and I had the opportunity to invite him to speak at our culture center about his book Soul of Goodness. I intended it to be a discussion of cultural attitudes and practices about grief and loss. It turned into so much more!
Our group includes a caregiver of an aging and needy parent, one dealing with the loss of a beloved pet amidst several life challenges, one who recently lost a loved one of three decades, some starting out with lots of hope and promise, and several others with their own stories. We formed an impromptu book club just to exchange thoughts. I have delayed writing this review until we had some concrete and final answers to our queries. Then it dawned on me- we were the answer: Our ongoing discussions and shared community is a legacy of Dr. Phillips’ own stories in this wonderful, vulnerable, insightful, and empowering book. You simply cannot understand the positive impact this book can have until you allow it to unleash and reveal you. It will open communication with others on levels most often hidden even from ourselves to our own detriment. If you are unfamiliar with Phillips’ other works I recommend reading one or more of them prior to this one so you can appreciate his potency with the method, become familiar with it for future use, and then see just how deeply he was affected by the events unfolding through his new book.
I recommend getting together with friends or family- anyone you can- and forming regular sessions to meet and discuss your own stories based on the model Phillips has so artfully and courageously proffered in his many works on the Socratic method and especially from the glimpse we get of raw humanity- the beautiful, the ugly, the scary, and the honorable- from Soul of Goodness.
I encourage you and your new group to see and share whatever you find valuable, but I offer a few thoughts we have discovered through reading Soul of Goodness. Phillips wrote, “I suggest we adults all have a go at skipping, leaping, bounding …” because it “might rekindle our childlike but by no means childish spirit of curiosity, creativity, and wonder.” This struck a chord with us as several of our group have taken dance lessons and amidst truly trying times of adulthood dancing is a physical expression of the joys of being human, a metaphor for the freedom of movement of our spirits even against a backdrop of stifling physical chores and tragedies. Phillips introduces thoughts and a practice of Heidegger, “Heidegger suggests that most moderns have lost their way, with little earthly idea how to find … lichtung, a place of light and open space where you ‘see’ in new and different lights.” We have found that the very practice of opening up to truly plumb the depths of our minds and helping our group members to do the same has shone much light and reveals paths to solid ground, fulfilling endeavors, and aesthetically rich lives. In his discussion of time Phillips reminds us that our future selves are already made, that they are a product of our present selves much in the same way that our present selves were destined by our past selves. We took this to be empowering in the sense that we will make who we will be by striving now. Grief and loss will certainly shape us but we have a hand in exactly how they will shape us. One way to cultivate this better future-self is through kalokagathia, or a consciousness of striving to be good. Our group found that the striving itself is a fulfilling state, regardless of our current success as measured by external metrics, and we are thankful to Soul of Goodness and Phillips for the prompt.
From all that unfolds in Soul of Goodness, throughout considerable obscure and dark mysteries, and pain that can only be felt by those who love deeply, the fortitude of vulnerability, sincerity, and love will yet win the day … already has won the day. Phillips lets us know that our part is to consciously take on the journey, develop arete and strive to love in a life of material deprivation, ignorance, and apparent loss. Dr. Phillips’ Soul of Goodness is an incredible catalyst for us to begin this striving, in community, on our individual paths to cultivate our own souls. Soul of Goodness reminds us that human weakness may lie in being at risk to all things physical, all things temporal. Our strength lies in our power of forgiveness, understanding, and love. Oh, and don’t forget to dance!
I belong to a team of very dedicated persons who develop and implement programming for a college culture center. I met Dr. Phillips several times over past decades and I had the opportunity to invite him to speak at our culture center about his book Soul of Goodness. I intended it to be a discussion of cultural attitudes and practices about grief and loss. It turned into so much more!
Our group includes a caregiver of an aging and needy parent, one dealing with the loss of a beloved pet amidst several life challenges, one who recently lost a loved one of three decades, some starting out with lots of hope and promise, and several others with their own stories. We formed an impromptu book club just to exchange thoughts. I have delayed writing this review until we had some concrete and final answers to our queries. Then it dawned on me- we were the answer: Our ongoing discussions and shared community is a legacy of Dr. Phillips’ own stories in this wonderful, vulnerable, insightful, and empowering book. You simply cannot understand the positive impact this book can have until you allow it to unleash and reveal you. It will open communication with others on levels most often hidden even from ourselves to our own detriment. If you are unfamiliar with Phillips’ other works I recommend reading one or more of them prior to this one so you can appreciate his potency with the method, become familiar with it for future use, and then see just how deeply he was affected by the events unfolding through his new book.
I recommend getting together with friends or family- anyone you can- and forming regular sessions to meet and discuss your own stories based on the model Phillips has so artfully and courageously proffered in his many works on the Socratic method and especially from the glimpse we get of raw humanity- the beautiful, the ugly, the scary, and the honorable- from Soul of Goodness.
I encourage you and your new group to see and share whatever you find valuable, but I offer a few thoughts we have discovered through reading Soul of Goodness. Phillips wrote, “I suggest we adults all have a go at skipping, leaping, bounding …” because it “might rekindle our childlike but by no means childish spirit of curiosity, creativity, and wonder.” This struck a chord with us as several of our group have taken dance lessons and amidst truly trying times of adulthood dancing is a physical expression of the joys of being human, a metaphor for the freedom of movement of our spirits even against a backdrop of stifling physical chores and tragedies. Phillips introduces thoughts and a practice of Heidegger, “Heidegger suggests that most moderns have lost their way, with little earthly idea how to find … lichtung, a place of light and open space where you ‘see’ in new and different lights.” We have found that the very practice of opening up to truly plumb the depths of our minds and helping our group members to do the same has shone much light and reveals paths to solid ground, fulfilling endeavors, and aesthetically rich lives. In his discussion of time Phillips reminds us that our future selves are already made, that they are a product of our present selves much in the same way that our present selves were destined by our past selves. We took this to be empowering in the sense that we will make who we will be by striving now. Grief and loss will certainly shape us but we have a hand in exactly how they will shape us. One way to cultivate this better future-self is through kalokagathia, or a consciousness of striving to be good. Our group found that the striving itself is a fulfilling state, regardless of our current success as measured by external metrics, and we are thankful to Soul of Goodness and Phillips for the prompt.
From all that unfolds in Soul of Goodness, throughout considerable obscure and dark mysteries, and pain that can only be felt by those who love deeply, the fortitude of vulnerability, sincerity, and love will yet win the day … already has won the day. Phillips lets us know that our part is to consciously take on the journey, develop arete and strive to love in a life of material deprivation, ignorance, and apparent loss. Dr. Phillips’ Soul of Goodness is an incredible catalyst for us to begin this striving, in community, on our individual paths to cultivate our own souls. Soul of Goodness reminds us that human weakness may lie in being at risk to all things physical, all things temporal. Our strength lies in our power of forgiveness, understanding, and love. Oh, and don’t forget to dance!
March 19, 2022
Due to an extremely busy schedule and my perception of the subject and the title, I suspected this book would take days, possibly weeks to finish. Much to my surprise and delight, I went through it in one sitting. Without once getting up for coffee or a piece of dark chocolate that help dispel residue of brain fog that occasionally appears in these tricky times.
Socrates once proposed, that ‘wonder is the beginning of wisdom’. By the time I turned the last page of The Soul of Goodness, I'd encountered the faces of love, compassion and tragedy. Overcome by a sense of awe. The inevitable destination of the journey Chris Phillips took to find The Soul of Goodness.
Socrates once proposed, that ‘wonder is the beginning of wisdom’. By the time I turned the last page of The Soul of Goodness, I'd encountered the faces of love, compassion and tragedy. Overcome by a sense of awe. The inevitable destination of the journey Chris Phillips took to find The Soul of Goodness.
August 4, 2022
Soul of Goodness is a tale of a personal journey. Christopher Phillips takes us with him as he leans upon philosophy and friendships to process the puzzles and heartaches surrounding his father's death. In a world that relegates philosophy to academia, Christopher Phillips shows the everyday practical use of ancient ideas to get us through hardship. His early encounters with the Socratic Dialogs set a course for his life that brought him under the spell of many great thinkers. In Soul of Goodness, he tests these great ideas against his own experience, finding comfort and healing. Soul of Goodness is the captain's log of a well considered life. It's a record of a journey in which any reader can expect to find inspiration.
September 30, 2022
Good book discussing the importance of accepting hardship and being vulnerable with the people around you.
This was my first Christopher Phillips book. He alluded to a lot of his earlier books, which made some parts a little hard to follow. Perhaps reading his earlier books / having a good understanding of Socrates and philosophy in general would’ve made this an easier read. Nonetheless, Christopher shares some interesting stories from his life, and some of the understandings he’s arrived at to live life with a “soul of goodness”.
This was my first Christopher Phillips book. He alluded to a lot of his earlier books, which made some parts a little hard to follow. Perhaps reading his earlier books / having a good understanding of Socrates and philosophy in general would’ve made this an easier read. Nonetheless, Christopher shares some interesting stories from his life, and some of the understandings he’s arrived at to live life with a “soul of goodness”.
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