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Aug 31, 2022 · Does an insignificant life mean that it isn’t worth living? I invite you to radically challenge your assumptions about a life worth living. Humans are surrounded by an ecosystem teeming with...
Mar 20, 2023 · For many people, a life without meaning is not a life worth living. Camus understands this and tackles the problem head-on . He concludes that suicide is of little use to us, as there can be no...
" The unexamined life is not worth living " is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death. The dictum is recorded in Plato's Apology (38a5–6) as ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi ( ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ ).
Socrates' claim that the unexamined life is not worth living makes a satisfying climax for the deeply principled arguments that Socrates presents on behalf of the philosophical life. The claim is that only in striving to come to know ourselves and to understand ourselves do our lives have any meaning or value.
Jul 8, 2024 · Many thinkers have addressed the question of the meaning of life to various ends, and their work can help us confront the same problem ourselves—though their conclusions are rarely ...
May 27, 2023 · Living a meaningful life can be facilitated by a greater awareness of core values and the thoughts behind them. The insights provided by understanding personal values can help regain a sense of meaning to improve motivation.
Feb 25, 2010 · Here are some possible answers to the question of what makes life worth living: nothing; religion; happiness; love, work, and play; Evidence from psychology and neuroscience supports the fourth...
