Philosophy‚ Sept. 18‚ 2014 The Unexamined Life When calling into question Socrates’ idea of an “unexamined life”‚ one must understand exactly what the purpose of examination is. In most cases‚ examination is used to help make decisions or judgements based on certain standards‚ beliefs‚ values‚ etc.‚ which are then reflected back upon to make sure that the subject of examination is in-fact living up to these ideals. Therefore‚ in terms of Socrates’ view‚ an “unexamined life” is one that is unjudged or
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What is a Life Worth Living? Phil 2010: Introduction to Philosophy In the number of works that Plato crafted and put together chronicling his teacher’s life‚ views and opinions‚ one of the most famous and predominant statements made by Socrates is that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” Appearing in Plato’s The Apology‚ the quote essentially summarizes how Socrates had walked out his entire life and the way he attempted to convince others to walk out theirs’. His pursuit of changing
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June 20‚ 2011 Is Life worth Living? Is life worth Living? This is a question that I hear felinely. Some human beings believe that life isn’t worth living because it’s a lot of ups and downs in their lives or because they life is miserable. And it is some that believe that life is worth living. Life is a very beautiful and wonderful thing. Life isn’t meant to be giving to you or to be easy‚ God never said life was going to be easy and everything supposed to be giving to you. Life is what you make
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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 challenges
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IS LIFE WORTH LIVING? We have so many reasons for us to give up our lives but are not the reasons to live it even more? Yes today I’m asking you’ll this question. Every time that something goes wrong in our lives we start complaining and finding out faults in ourselves. It’s not wrong to find out our faults in a situation but we go wrong when we start blaming ourselves for every mistake that occurred or every reason that we are in that situation. Our life is worth a million‚ and the reason is that
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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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------------------------------------------------- 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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Garcia1 Life is Life “Life is simple‚ it’s just not easy.” -anonymous Everyone will face obstacles and triumphs that may differ but are similar in many ways. Even so finding the value in our lives will make life worth living. The value of life should not be based on monetary value because it defies the rights of equality. Hamlet’s soliloquy offers an emotional‚ metaphor-laden glimpse into the thinking of a young man contemplating suicide. “To be‚ or not to be-that is the question” is what Hamlet
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