September 09‚ 2010 Is the unexamined life not worth living? Socrates was a great man‚ and is said to be one of the greatest philosophers in history‚ some may find this notion questionable‚ based on some of his own teachings. One famous quote is: “The unexamined life is not worth living” Is the unexamined life not worth living? On the contrary‚ it is! It seems respectful and good to paint a portrait of Socrates
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unexamined life is not worth living” Essay “An unexamined life is not worth living‚” said Socrates who questioned everything in his life. He always asked‚ “Why am I here and what is my purpose.” I would ask myself the same exact thing when I was younger because I always wondered what am I doing on earth and why me‚ what makes me do the things I do. The saying‚ “An unexamined life is not worth living” is very true in its words because living life on autopilot or having no purpose in life is having
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unexamined life is not worth living‚" brings about many questions and possibilities about what life is and how it is valued. Not only is philosophy itself extremely subjective in nature‚ so are we the students of this subject. We all bring about our own beliefs and opinions to the table‚ each contributing to the meaning behind "the unexamined life is not worth living." This broad statement can be interpreted a variety of ways. In Socrates "Apology" we all understand that he is pleading for his life. Everyone
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Goal of the Course: The general goal of this course is to consider what philosophers call the Socratic commitment. Socrates‚ a Greek philosopher‚ 470-399 B.C.‚ was placed on trial in Athens because he questioned the political‚ moral‚ and religious practices of Athens. He gave his own defense which his pupil Plato recorded as The Apology (The Defense). When he was convicted for impiety to the gods and for corrupting the youth because he had taught the young adults to question‚ he was given the opportunity
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"is really the very best thing that a man (or women) can do‚ and that life without this sort of examination is not worth living ..."(1) Socrates was silenced but his work of teaching the younger generation the way of the examined life‚ or independent‚ critical thinking was to be carried on by his disciple Plato (428-348 BCE). By defining the examination‚ the worth and the life‚ we can give evidence to this statement Worth is defined by dictionary.com as "The quality that renders something
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especially towards the end of the year when applications get sent out‚ accepted‚ waitlisted‚ and denied. Through the course of this life-changing process‚ teenagers are constantly turning one thought over in their heads‚ is the thing that they are about to pursue worth the time and money? When someone thinks of college and the impact that it will have on their life‚ it is much like thinking in terms of building a structure‚ simple. If one does not have a strong foundation‚ whatever they build on
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Amanda Todd’s Death Story Jennifer Romero Period2 Nov.16‚ 2012 Amanda Todd A Teenager from Vancouver committed suicide on October 10th 2012‚ because of bullying & cyber bullying. Her suicide quickly went viral and is drawing worldwide attention. Before Amanda Todd Committed Suicide She Had Posted a Video on YouTube telling her “Never Ending Story.” She Uses Index Cards to tell people of what she has been suffering. In her video Amanda talks about meeting new people through
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Amanda Wingfield is a character in the play The Glass Menagerie‚ which is set in St. Louis in 1973. She is from a genteel southern family and has a prominent southern upbringing. She is a mother to two children‚ Tom and Laura; her husband abandoned the family and left her to raise two children. Amanda loves her children immensely and lives for them‚ but can often come across as overbearing and constantly nagging to both Tom and Laura. It is as if Amanda fluctuates between illusion and reality; like
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Every Life 1 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Every Life 2 Every Life Is Worth Fighting For Everyday‚ we as a society fight for our rights. We defend them passionately. There are so many instances in which one cannot fight for their own rights. Partial-birth abortion is a silent killer of those individuals that cannot fight for themselves. Partial-birth abortion is when a doctor delivers a baby foot first; until the entire body except the head is outside the mother. The he punctures the
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exact details are generally not presented fairly or true fully. An article written in 2007 was one of the first published after the murder of Meredith Kercher. This article has valid information; however‚ important details were left out which made Amanda seem guilty. NBC did a respectable job at walking the reader through Merediths murder. They mentioned suspects‚ cause of death‚ and interviewed detectives‚ suspect’s friends‚ relatives‚ and Meredith’s family. Meredith was murdered the night of November
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