Ward Farnsworth Interview: How to think for yourself.

Prof. Farnsworth talks about the Socratic Method and The practicing Stoic

Ward Farnsworth is Professor of Law and holder of the W. Page Keeton Chair at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as Dean of the School of Law from 2012-22. He has served as a law clerk to Anthony M. Kennedy of the United States Supreme Court and worked as a Legal Adviser to the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague. He is the author of a number of books including The Practicing Stoic, The Socratic Method and a series Classical English Rhetoric, Classical English Metaphor, Classical English Style as well as some books on chess.

[MMorris]

I am on my third listen to the Practicing Stoic in this past month. Ward Farnsworth has changed my life with this book.

[derek]

What a great interview, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Much appreciated.

[thewayofelmarco]

Excellent interview! I’ve been studying his book “The Socratic Method” and doing my best to apply to sales methodologies and it’s quite the stumper.

[leonardmichaels]

I've listened to the CD's of 3 of his books, which are heavily annotated with quotes across the entire literary spectrum, and they are terrific!! I'm waiting for his new book, and hopefully also in CD format, to come out this April (2024).

[elgatovolador]

This was great, good questions and answers. Got myself a copy of the Socratic method 👍

[tomrhodes]

The biblical prophet Elijah has returned, as prophesied, and testifies: Socrates was a forerunner of Jesus Christ (who has been totally misinterpreted and misrepresented by orthodox Christianity). As Socrates knew, evil is nothing more than ignorance. And here is the key: FEAR (insecurity) keeps people from thinking for themselves and keeps them ignorant, which is why "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." But you can't overcome fear by the power of will; only by the power of DESIRE. Fear causes people to desire Truth to be what they desire Truth to be, which is the OPPOSITE of desiring Truth. And this temporal world of limitation is designed to pull each soul away from fear, lifetime after lifetime, until each and every soul DESIRES TRUTH. "And in your desire lies its accomplishment, " sayeth the LORD.