In this quiet, luminous novel, retired professor Elias Hart begins teaching a free philosophy class in a small coastal town, expecting no one to come. Instead, his classroom fills with ordinary people carrying extraordinary questions: a grieving widow, a doubting priest, a teenager fleeing expectations. As the Socratic dialogues unfold week by week, their lives begin to shift in unexpected ways. Blending gentle humor with profound inquiry, An Introduction to Philosophy explores how ancient questions—what is a good life, what do we owe each other—illuminate modern struggles. A moving meditation on wonder, mortality, and the courage to think.
