Plato: Apology, 38a
“The life which is unexamined is not worth living.”
Reflection
Socrates said this on trial for his life, so it is not a slogan. One honest look at how you actually spend your days is worth a dozen resolutions.
Source record
- Author
- Plato
- Original source
- Apology, 38a
- Original date
- c. 399 BC
- Edition used
- Trans. Benjamin Jowett, 1871 — public domain
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