Socrates Cafe is a brand that aims to cultivate a society that not only tolerates but celebrates an array of perspectives. They believe in the power of people of all ages and walks of life engaging with each other as equals, recognizing that everyone possesses unique knowledge and wisdom. Their mission is to evolve democracy into a genuine and inclusive participatory system.

Socrates Cafe utilizes a method based on Socratic Inquiry, combined with rationality, imagination, inventiveness, thoughtfulness, and empathy. They encourage forward-looking exploration and ask important questions such as who am I? and who can I become? They value celebrating both sameness and difference, inclusive political systems, striving for excellence (arete), and the blurring of disciplines through collaboration. Socrates Cafe believes in transformative engagement, true democracy, egalitarian elitism, thoughtfulness, reasonableness, nurturing philia, and achieving all-around human excellence (arete).

Through their projects and initiatives, they strive to create a society where individuals are connected, co-creators, and committed to the well-being of each other and society as a whole