The Agora vs Liminal

FOR CENTURIES, YOU COULD ONLY READ THEIR IDEAS. NOW YOU CAN CHALLENGE THEM. Imagine sitting across from Socrates and questioning his beliefs. Imagine challenging Nietzsche on morality. Imagine asking Aristotle what it means to live a good life, then disagreeing with his answer. For centuries, these conversations were impossible. Not anymore. Welcome to The Agora. A DREAM DECADES IN THE MAKING In 1985, Steve Jobs imagined a future where we could do more than read the words of history's greatest thinkers. He imagined asking them questions and receiving answers. Four decades later, The Agora brings that vision to your fingertips. THEIR REAL PHILOSOPHIES. YOUR QUESTIONS. The Agora is built to bring the actual philosophies of history's greatest thinkers into conversation. Their original writings. Their defining arguments. Their ways of reasoning. Question Socrates. Challenge Nietzsche. Debate Aristotle, Plato, Marcus Aurelius, Carl Jung, Albert Camus, and more. Ask anything. Disagree with them. Push their arguments further. Every philosopher is designed to defend the ideas that made them one of history's greatest thinkers. These are interactive interpretations of their philosophies, built around the works and arguments they left behind. PHILOSOPHY HAS NEVER BEEN THIS INTERACTIVE. You don't need to know philosophy to begin. Bring a question about your life, a belief you've always held, or an idea you're curious about. Explore different perspectives. Test your arguments. Discover how you think. And when you're ready, go further with guided learning, thought experiments, daily philosophical challenges, and detailed debate reports. HISTORY'S GREATEST MINDS ARE WAITING. For thousands of years, we studied their ideas. Now, for the first time in human history, we have the technology to put those ideas into conversation. The Agora. History's greatest minds. Your questions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Explore Western philosophy through 104 lessons arranged into 23 courses and four year-groupings. Start with philosophical questions and ancient thinkers, then move through medieval, early modern, modern and contemporary thought. Study at your own pace. START WITH 10 FREE LESSONS The first 10 lessons are free. One optional, non-subscription in-app purchase unlocks the remaining 94. The reference and practice features below are available without that purchase. FOLLOW A STRUCTURED PATH Year 1: Foundations and ancient philosophy. Year 2: Medieval and early modern philosophy, including a course on Islamic and Jewish thinkers. Year 3: Modern philosophy, from Kant to pragmatism. Year 4: Contemporary philosophy, including language, mind, ethics, political philosophy and science. READ, QUESTION AND REVIEW - 48 philosopher profiles and an 82-term glossary. - 23 practice quizzes with 319 questions and answer explanations. - 16 thought experiments and 10 branches to explore. - Spaced review of glossary terms. - Search across lessons, courses, profiles and glossary entries. - Bookmarks, personal notes and study-progress views. - Lesson read-aloud using your device's system voice. - Home Screen widgets for a daily philosophical idea, term and thinker. STUDY INTERPRETATIONS WITH REFERENCES Dedicated source cards, daily ideas and profile passages present Liminal's original paraphrases with citations. They are interpretations for study, not verbatim translations of the cited works. READ WITHOUT A CONNECTION Lesson and reference text is bundled for offline reading, subject to the lesson unlock. Buying, restoring, checking changed purchase access and opening external links may require a connection. Narration uses the voices available on your device.