Unexamined Life is Not Worth living” By Marlon Dominique B. Custodio I.ANALYSIS A. Conceptual Analysis ----- “Unexamined life is not worth living” is uttered by Socrates before his death for choosing to stand for himself than to be cajoled by someone else. He persuades his fellow men to question everything and convince them not to easily drown in a truth without examining it. Despite his efforts‚ the freewill he has leaded him to his end. He claims to be human or alive‚ must one examine his life. But
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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 must
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Zuniga LAS 377‚ Making a life vs. Making a Living When comparing the processes of making a living and making a life both differ very much‚ but both play a role in the process of finding true success as an individual. Making a living is geared towards plain survival. In our society plain survival would be to pay the bills‚ buy food‚ buy clothes‚ pay the rent…etc. The idea is to settle for the least possible in order to get by‚ or as we call it survival. Making a life is geared towards knowing what
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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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Paper The Human Being and Living The Good Life This paper contains the different definitions of what it means to be a human being and living a good life. In this paper we will take a look at Hobbes and Augustine’s definition of the human being and the good life. Both of these philosophers give examples of what they think the good life is‚ and the desires of human nature. In this paper I will talk about Augustine and his thought of how in order to live a good life‚ one needs to seek God to find
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Therefore‚ Socrates‚ with his undoubtfully strong beliefs in the society with distinct moral values‚ was in no favor with a new government. In the court of law‚ he was sentenced to death‚ and his last speech included the words:" The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living." So what
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Solitary Confinement There is a lot of controversy surrounding the prison system in the united states. Some of the controversies involve overcrowding‚ excessive costs‚ and the increase of violence. One of the biggest issue is solitary confinement. Although many way that solitary confinement is the only solution to keep and restrain violent inmates‚ because research shows that solitary confinement does more good than bad‚ harms the mental state of prisoners‚ and is more costly than the regular prisons
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ABSTRACT: Solitary confinement is a punishment all over the World and basically use for rehabilitation but it has its effects on human bodies under this punishment and if anything has its negative impact how it would be good? This causes many psychological effects to a convict person. Therefore some treaties and domestic laws opposed it as torture and violation of human rights like Universal Declaration of Human Rights article 5 and International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights article 7 is
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Throughout the soliloquy‚ Hamlet talks about death; in fact‚ his first words are‚ “To be or not to be-‚” meaning to be alive or dead that is his question (III i 64). The idea of‚ ‘is life worth living’ continues not only throughout the speech‚ but also throughout the play. Furthermore‚ Hamlet continues by saying‚ “To die‚ to sleep-/No more-and by sleep to say we end/The heartache and the thousand natural shocks‚” which is stating that dying
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After reading “The Cost of Solitary Confinement‚” I agree that the use of solitary confinement should be abolished in prison. Before the reading‚ I have never heard of such a thing as solitary confinement. Once I started reading the story‚ I immediately thought this was a foul in wrong thing to be doing‚ and was flabbergasted that it was even existed in our prisons today. There are many different reasons that I agree with this‚ but I’m only going to be focusing on if you of them. First off‚ if none
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