Socrates

Why would you agree with what Socrates said, " The unexamined life is not worth living".

Michaela :Why would you agree with what Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living".



Socrates said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Is he right? http://polls.linkedin.com/p/31453/cobpp
Read more about what he said at http://www.philosophypages.com/hy/2d.htm.

"Devotion to Truth"

"Even after he has been convicted by the jury, Socrates declines to abandon his pursuit of the truth in all matters. Refusing to accept exile from Athens or a commitment to silence as his penalty, he maintains that public discussion of the great issues of life and virtue is a necessary part of any valuable human life. "The unexamined life is not worth living." (Apology 38a) Socrates would rather die than give up philosophy, and the jury seems happy to grant him that wish."



Socrates' conviction to stand by reason stands testimony to the beginning of scientific and rational thought in the history of humanity. Like other great minds before him, of his time and after him, he was concerned with the mental freedom to examine ideas and come to conclusions based on reason. Valuable human lives tend to concern themselves more with the ideas these humans generate and the work they accomplish as a result, or the ideas they support and assist. As a result, his statement that he'd die rather than give up philosophy, is probably one of the early steps in the direction of human intellectual, scientific and social progress.

Here are a few insights from the web resource listed:

"His persistent questioning of authorities and public figures was probably aimed not to humiliate but to discover truth with a view to the good life.

1. Socrates considered himself a gadfly annoying the state.

2. The "Socratic irony"--the profession of ignorance was probably sincere but exaggerated because of his presumptions..

3. Socrates irreverent cross-examination of prominent persons aimed not to humiliate but to discover truth with a view to finding the good life."


Liens :
http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/socrates.html

Thank you so much for the answer. A big hug for you.

Michaela : Thank you so much for the answer. A big hug for you.




C' is with pleasure that j' have make research but I would say to you that j' stays not sure of what you wanted like answer! because I wondered who S, addressed the question because sometimes it is thought that you speak to us and d' other times c' is not with us that you ask for Ca?????

You can always read my mind and I don't understand how?

Michaela : You can always read my mind and I don't understand how?


2 arrive by its matter électric at cominiquer between them! and comprendrent themselves!

Amo la filosofia di Socrate e la sua grande saggezza Un'altra frase che amo del grande filosofo è questa "Tutto il mio sapere è sapere che nulla so".

AleTheElf : I love the philosophy of Socrates and his great wisdom Another phrase that love the great philosopher "Everything my knowledge is to know that I know nothing".



thank you, you are right! it is more interesting the philosophy of the wisdom of socrat than s' atarder with the philosophy of l' love which sometimes N, leads to nothing the whole!

Le discussioni di Socrate erano volte a portare l'uomo al riconoscimento che la vera conoscenza sta nella consapevolezza di non sapere. Questa sua posizione giustifica anche la sua metodologia didattica che non forniva mai concetti, idee, teorie, ma piuttosto tendeva a instillare dubbi, perplessità, discussioni. Una delle tecniche utilizzate più frequentemente da Socrate per perseguire lo scopo di sconcertare l'interlocutore e portarlo a riconsiderare le sue posizioni era l'ironia. Termine non utilizzato nel suo significato corrente: indicava infatti una tecnica retorica utilizzata per arrivare a porre in crisi un avversario dialogico utilizzando contro di lui gli stessi argomenti che egli pensava di impiegare come difesa delle sue posizioni. La sua frase che amo è "Più so, più so di non sapere".

Mmmm...Quanti filosofi in taverna Nella mia nave la Filosofia è bandita: distrae la ciurma dai suoi compiti!

Blackbeard : Mmmm ...How many philosophers in the tavern in my ship philosophy is banned: distracts the crew from his duties!




YOU UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE! The DICIPLINE ON YOUR BOAT EAST OF RIGOUR SO NOT, YOU WILL BE AT the BOTTOM DE L' WATER!