“Breakfast with Socrates” is like having a drink with your cousin, the philosophy major: funny, clever, thought-provoking and occasionally annoying reading best done in small bits. Author Robert Rowland Smith is a British author and journalist who writes and speaks about the philosophy of life. In this book, Smith takes events from our everyday lives and sums up what famous philosophers, authors and poets say about the subject, from Homer to Karl Marx and Shakespeare to Machiavelli. References to pop culture keep the analogies fresh: “Sex and the City,” Barack Obama, Jim Carrey in the film “The Truman Show” and DC Comics. Take the most mundane of daily activities: waking up, getting dressed, going to the gym, watching TV and taking a bath. And a few of the juicier ones: playing hooky, shopping, going … Read entire article »