Socrates’ Cafe

The unexamined life is not worth living

Socrates’ Cafe uses the Socratic method to examine life’s big questions. It is collaborative, dialectic, non-partisan, and egalitarian. What this means is we use open conversations, open doors, big listening, and a lot of empathy to tease out the nuance in timeless and contemporary issues.

No reading is required. There are no lectures or experts, just a facilitator who guides the Socratic method with a light or invisible hand. There is no religious affiliation but your spiritual believes are very welcome!

Door County’s Socrates Cafe was started by Krystal Klapatch, a philosophy professor at Mount Mary College, and her grandmother, Sister Bay resident Donna M. Johnson.

Socrates Cafe is held at Write On the second and fourth Thursday of every month, except when those days conflict with a holiday. All are welcome. No previous attendance is required.