SOCRATES' GHOST HAUNTS DEMOCRACY AGAIN

Why Socrates' method of questioning is still relevant for understanding democracy and citizen decision-making in 2026.

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https://newsletter.tf/socrates-questions-democracy-citizen-decision-making-2026/

Socrates' questioning method, used over 2,400 years ago, is still being discussed today. His ideas challenge how we think about democracy and who makes decisions.

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https://newsletter.tf/socrates-questions-democracy-citizen-decision-making-2026/

Virtue

The simplest, quickest and surest means to becoming known as a virtuous person is to work on yourself, to actually be virtuous. Examine each virtue, and you will see that they all were achieved with work and exercise.

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Quien planta un campo no sabe quién recogerá los frutos, quien edifica una casa no puede decir quién habitará en ella.

Sócrates, registrado por Jenofonte en Recuerdos de Sócrates, Libro I

— A. Eldritch, Periodista, Locutor, podcaster y bloger del fediverso

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But if you ask them

You know, Phaedrus, that is the strange thing about writing, which makes it truly correspond to painting. The painter’s products stand before us as though they were alive. But if you question them, they maintain a majestic silence. It is the same with written words. They seem to talk to you as though they were intelligent, but if you ask them anything about what they say from a desire to be instructed they go on telling just the same thing forever.

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My own improvement

But what does Socrates say? “As one man rejoices in the improvement of his land, and another in that of his horse, so I rejoice day by day in following my own improvement.

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