Socrates is sometimes haphazardly credited with saying “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”  Well, each of the three members of The Philosophers’ Club knows quite a lot, but the things we know come from remarkably different life experiences.  (One of the things we do know, by the way, is that, however often it is reprinted on inspirational posters, there is no evidence that Socrates ever actually made the statement quoted above.)

The Philosophers’ Club has three members: Walter, Liz and Ben, with the occasional visitor sitting in on a session or two.  Walter and Liz met at the Interactive Resource Center where Liz was the Executive Director and Walter was one of its homeless clients; Ben is Liz’s nephew and the only member of the club with any kind of formal training in philosophy.  It is Ben who poses the questions, supplied remotely from college.  It’s Walter and Liz who address them.

Are there universal truths that transcend individual experience?  Is morality relative?  What is art?  Is true communication possible when words can be interpreted in so many different ways?  Does God exist and, if so, whose God?  Can we ever really cross the enormous invisible oceans that lie between us?

And is not the love of learning the love of wisdom, which is philosophy?   That last one truly is from Socrates (or  at least so Plato says) and that question The Philosophers’ Club can answer quickly, enthusiastically and in the rousing affirmative.

Yes.  Yes it is.

P.S.  We’ve hidden a couple of surprises for you.  As you go through the discussions click on the illustrations and follow the links.  Enjoy!