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Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". A friend of mine thinks this was the most unethical statement a man has ever made. What do you think about it?
The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being. (ho de anexetastos bios ou biôtos anthrôpôi — ὠδὲ ἀνεξÎταστος βίος οὠβιωτὸς ἀνθÏώπῳ)
Apology, 38a
Variant translations:
(More closely) The unexamining life is not worth living for a human being
The life which is unexamined is not worth living.
An unexamined life is not worth living.
The unexamined life is not the life for man.
Life without enquiry is not worth living for a man.
I think he's: Religious, stubborn, easily manipulated, hypocrite, and pretty dumb + ignorant.
I'm guessing he's a XSTJ 1w2.
Ginkgo said:Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". A friend of mine thinks this was the most unethical statement a man has ever made. What do you think about it?
Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living". A friend of mine thinks this was the most unethical statement a man has ever made. What do you think about it?
[MENTION=179]iwakar[/MENTION]
I understand.
But I think that's over analyzing just a little. To me it sounds like Socrates was maybe talking in hyperbole.
The way I see it is, you should understand yourself and your own motivations, and from what I can tell most people do. Even if just for a minute a week you introspect you should at least do it sometimes, that way you don't just live on a stormy sea with no port, instead you live on a stormy sea with no port and you know EXACTLY why.
I think it was a great guess. I'd be even willing to put cash into that bet. You probably can't understand the reasoning behind, so I forgive you.There sure is some bigoted crap in that post.
You probably can't understand the reasoning
I saw a black man rob a bank, ergo, all black men rob banks. Brilliant.
I guess this is the best your logic could come up with, but I'm not you.
What Socrates saids can be compared to Aristotle's phrase "All men desire to know." This is affirming the priority of contemplation over action to the pursuit of "the good life" of virtue and truth-seeking. And yes Socrates also noted the importance of "know thy self" towards this pursuit as well.
So the claim that contemplation and self-examination in pursuit of the good life is unethical sounds rather silly to me. Gingko may have to add more details on what his friend meant. Although it probably is related to a common modern presumption of the priority of action over contemplation.
I guess this is the best your logic could come up with, but I'm not you.
This is the kind of discussion that could take 3 pages, but I'm done here. Let's just say ''you win''.
Gratz!
Now I'm gonna look for a fruitful discussion.