Driving with plato offers philosophical outlooks on lifes milestones i found it simplistic and lacking in analysis a parade of regurgitated opinions since i did a year of philosophy in my ba i was familiar with a lot of the referenced philosophers in more detail so it didnt turn out to be something that interested me. In breakfast with socrates robert rowland smith brought the power of philosophy down to earth by proving in a very engaging and entertaining way that human moments meet big ideas on a regular basis now smith offers the natural offspring of that book expanding the day in a life concept to life as a whole in driving with plato. In breakfast with socrates robert rowland smith brought the power of philosophy down to earth by proving in a very engaging and entertaining way that human moments meet big ideas on a regular basis now smith offers the natural offspring of that book expanding the day in a life concept to life as a whole in driving with plato. By robert rowland smith driving with plato the meaning of lifes milestones through the eyes of philosophers photos 05 02 2011 1001 am et updated jul 02 2011. Driving with plato is a companion book to breakfast with socrates a day with the worlds greatest minds the philosophy of everyday life in which former oxford fellow robert roland smith took various elements of a typical day and provided insight into what a collection of thinkers might have to offer to make these mundane routines more interesting here in the company of a similarly eclectic range of writers and thinkers he considers the key aspects of a life from birth through