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by Mike Kalvas

202109071223 The unexamined life is not worth living

Wisdom, philosophy, Truth, and a love of wisdom are the most important pursuits above all else. A life without thought — without philosophy — is only a facsimile of a life and thus not worth living.

The titular saying was supposedly said by 202109071225 Socrates during his trial for impiety, at which he chose death over a life that could not engage in examination and philosophy as he believed that such a life would constitute a fate worse than death.1


  1. Wikipedia contributors. (2021). The unexamined life is not worth living. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_unexamined_life_is_not_worth_living&oldid=1038431687