Mysterious is what life seems to be and time seems too short for us to enjoy it. Most of us are often told to live life to the fullest but we were never told how to do so. As we grow‚ we continue to search on how we will make our life worth living. We tend to be adventurous to try to know the world and what we can do to say that our life is worth living. People have different perspectives on how is life worth living. For me‚ there are many things that make my life worth living. Life offers many
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------------------------------------------------- What makes life worth living? ------------------------------------------------- At the point of hearing this‚ numerous started popping in my head! I live because of a lot of things. At first‚ I couldn’t quite get my thoughts together. So‚ I did some research. I must tell you that these words - “growing‚ creating‚ helping‚ realizing‚ playing and relating” are not my own‚ but from my research. Although that is the case‚ it fits perfectly for me
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with Socrates quote that says‚ “The unexamined life isn’t worth living.” There is a difference between living the way you do and living the way you should. If you don’t examine your life‚ you’re living with no purpose and to me that’s equivalent to not living at all. It’s never to late to examine your life. It’s something every person should do. Ask yourself if you’re living the life you want to live. Are you who you perceive yourself as around everyone‚ not just certain people. Living a good
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Ezra Hochman Wednesday/Friday 12:25-2:05 Diogenes vs. Socrates: What is a life of worth? One can either write the story of their own life‚ or let other people and circumstances write it for him. Too often do citizens of the world follow the assumptions of society‚ as personal independence can seem frightening or uncomfortable. Both Socrates and Diogenes were of the mind that the purpose of human life is to constantly better one’s self by way of personal and spiritual growth. We are unable to
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Value of the Unexamined Life: “Is the examined life worth living? According to Socrates‚ it is not. Socrates does not consider any counterarguments in his famous claim in the Apology. In this paper‚ defend or criticize the claim that the unexamined life is not worth living via philosophical argument.” This course seeks to bring forth concepts that have been suggested historically as methodical answers to the ultimate human question: what is the purpose of an individual’s life and how must
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In addition to Shakespeare illustrating Hamlet’s journey of revenge‚ he also portrays the idea of worth. After attending his father’s funeral and hearing the celebration over the crowning of his Uncle and new marriage of his mother‚ Hamlet is confused throughout the play. In fact‚ this sequences of events was so abrupt that it disturbed Hamlet and rose awareness from the people around him‚ especially his mother and Claudius. Afraid that Hamlet might be catching onto him‚ Claudius sends Rosencrantz
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“The unexamined Life is not worth living” Socrates was considered by many to be the wisest man in ancient Greece. While he was eventually condemned for his wisdom‚ his spoken words are still listened to and followed today. When‚ during his trial‚ Socrates stated that‚ "the unexamined life is not worth living" (Plato 45)‚ people began to question his theory. They began to wonder what Socrates meant with his statement‚ why he would feel that a life would not be worth living. To them‚ life was
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Examined life Adrian Eames 951105878 Section leader: Elizabeth Grosz The Trial and Death of Socrates takes place during a time in Socrates life where he becomes most reflective. During these final moments of Socrates life a theme arises‚ that of the unexamined life. Socrates claims that “the unexamined life is not worth living” (Apology 38a). Profound as the statement may seem it creates many questions; what is the unexamined life? And why is the idea of an examined life so dear to Socrates? It ’s
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Page one Cherish life for what it is worth It was a beautiful summer day in August‚ slightly warm but had hence of rain in the air. The day seemed to be a ordinary day like any other‚ and it started out as such. My late husband and I were reorganizing our garage in our new house we recently had purchased a month earlier. I felt this was the start of a new life for us; one that I could finally be proud of. In the earlier years of our relationship we had fought a lot and his cheating
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Socrates believed that the purpose of human life was personal and spiritual growth. We can’t develop toward more prominent comprehension of our actual nature unless we take an ideal opportunity to analyze and reflect upon our life. . The importance of the quote is good for nothing because the significance of the word unexamined is ambiguous. I most definitely agree with Socrates that unexamined life is not worth living for. The case is that lone in endeavoring to come to know ourselves and to comprehend
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