felt that this activity‚ "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
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Is the Unexamined Life Not Worth Living? As one of the most influential philosophers‚ Socrates was known as a man who believed in “striving to make oneself as good a person as possible”1. Many of his teachings revolved around his idea that “an unexamined life is no life for a human being to live”2. As a student of philosophy‚ I believe in this way of life due to the following considerations. The central point of Socrates’ proposal is that in order to be human‚ one must actively examine life. People
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with life; why things were; what they were; and how things were. Socrates had many (philosophical) teachers throughout his youth‚ although it is said that he was not satisfied with many of them and this is how he had come about to create his own unique methods for the search of knowledge. Socrates once said “The unexamined life is not worth living”. This quote‚ from the son of a sculptor‚ and his profound thoughts‚ is one of many that modern-day philosophy is based on. He lived his life on the
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In Philosophy this far‚ we’ve covered many topics. In highlighting Philosophy‚ Wisdom‚ and the quote‚ “ The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living”‚ I will express the knowledge and insight I’ve taken away from Unit 1. This embodies one of the many examples of the concepts I will explain: “Too often‚ we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of the thought” (JFK). Philosophy is the rational analysis of the truths and principles of being‚ knowledge‚ or conduct; the pursuit of happiness
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A Life Worth Living After being sentenced to death for his controversial views and teachings of politics and religion to the youth of Ancient Athens‚ the historical philosopher Socrates was given an ultimatum to spend the remainder of his in exile. To this‚ Socrates stated “the unexamined life is not worth living”. [i] Like the subjective nature of philosophy itself‚ this quote from one of the most famous philosophers of all time can come in an array of interpretations. What Socrates
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“Unexamined Life is not worth Living” Socrates believed that people do not think for themselves he also believe that if an individual cannot “think” that person is not open for others to question his/hers thoughts. The outcome of this dilemma in Socrates mind is “life is not worth living”. According to our presentational lectures “Philosophy” is a critical examination of our thoughts “Critical thinking”. If we cannot think our way through life‚ then life has no meaning‚ and
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E xplore Yourself ‘The unexamined life is not worth living’ Socrates Thinking about what you might like to do with your life is a big head ache. The thing to remember is — it’s your life — and everything has to start from where you are now‚ but the thing you want to know is about your future. Before you can visualise a future self‚ you need to look at yourself today — what interests you‚ what you are good at‚ what really matters to you — in order to evaluate possible future roles and
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Philosophy - Unexamined and Examined Lives Philosophy is the search for wisdom and truth. Philosophy is the study of examining and thinking about the knowledge‚ nature‚ truth‚ and meaning of life. Philosophy makes you utilize your sense of logic and reason to help you understand reality. It helps you to be able to have thought-provoking‚ meaningful conversations about knowledge‚ life‚ human nature‚ and morality. Philosophers try to approach questions by examining their own personal beliefs and then
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Vanessa Duran Professor Guiu Philosophy 107 October 25‚ 2016 Paper 1 In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave what I get from Socrates statement “The unexamined life is not worth living” is PIE-AST. PIE-AST stands for prisoners‚ illusion‚ escape‚ ascend‚ spiritual technique and‚ transformed. In today’s society I believe a lot of us are trapped in a cave just like Socrates was. We are prisoners of our own culture just like in The Allegory of the Cave because in Athenian culture they were only taught a
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The Examined life according to me According to Socrates‚ the unexamined life is not worth living. What is this so called unexamined life? When Socrates talked about the unexamined life‚ he talks about a life where the person does not question their purpose in the life choices they decided to take. Rather the person lives a self fulfilling life with what they believe will make them happy‚ such as money‚ wealth‚ reputation and self interest.The examined life according to Socrates
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