According to Socrates, an unexamined life is not worth living; and it certainly could not be a virtuous life.?

Question

Why not?

Answer 1

It means you have to live your life in balance, not too liberated but not too scrupulous either. Don't live your life too carelessly for it may have dangerous consequences. But not so tight as well coz you may not enjoy life to the fullest.

Me, I'm at the boundary of the virtuous:p

Answer 2

The way this is worded, "it" refers to an unexamined life, and so you're asking why an unexamined life cannot be a virtuous life? Well, because a virtuous life requires self-examination and a consciousness. It's part of the definition.

Answer 3

first your question is ambiguous meaning that your question can be interpreted as two question, first r u asking why is an unexamined life not worth living, or r u asking why isn't an unexamined life not a virutous life. well to answer question 1 u must answer question 2 first, because the reason why an unexamined life is not wroth living is exactly because it is not a virtuous life, and why is it not a virtuous life because ignornace hinder one's passage towards virtue, how can u be virtuous when u don't even know what virtue is. my understanding of this passage comes from my interpretation of the word unexamined, meaning, not to know, so the opposite of vice must be virtue. the opposite of ignorance is to know and it is a virtue, and when used with the word life, meaning to know what's within oneself, but what is within one's self?in the book of pheado, plato talks about "forms" which is the ultimate source of knowledge embodied in one's soul, but trapped by our mortal body, only slowly revealed to the mind through self introspection and studies. now another broader question can be drawn from these 2 questions. why is a virtuous life worth living and a life full of vice not? plato held virtue as something that was more important than their life and they derive their happiness from this concept that they deemed as lofty and noble which fuels their pride which inturns provides them with pleasure. so it is not really life of virtue that is worth living, but rather it is a life of pleasure

Answer 4

Maybe he was referring to himself and his ramblings. He thoroughly examined his life: all his pros & cons, but he forgets to mention his desires and his lust. Most philosophers claim to be virtuous, although in real life they are nothing more than hyprocrites, specially all of the following: Rousseau, Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, Sartre, Michel Foucault, Martin Heidegger and even Socrates! (See the link for more details)

Take all their writings with a pinch of salt, as they make their utopian worlds far from their own self-indulgent realities- it's a pity most of the Western world's governments and educational programs are based on these selfish, egocentric men.

I took that line from Socrates to mean: learn from your mistakes, and every painful experience is a lesson in life. As he was banished from his natal town, his life is far less than virtuous, therefore admitting he left parts of his life unexamined.

Answer 5

because unless you use your mind youre not functioning as a human being. What I mean is simply, the characteristic of what seperates man and animale is the rational intellect. Therefore if you dont use this faculty youre operating not as an man but as an animal. Further youre life is now total nothingness because youre not living in line with your nature and virtue

Answer 6

well, when you examine your life, it's usually to see what you did right or wrong, what you could have done differerently. it's a way of improving yourself. i guess he meant that if you were not seeking your higher self, you had no virtue, and therefore your life has been meaningless. a meaningless life can be seen as one not worth living.

Answer 7

for my section i think of socrates replace into thinking extra alongside the strains of asking the questions of y and whilst. why does this ensue, or interpreting and rethinking what u think of is optimal. additionally back then no longer many ppl went to a school aristotle invented the better coaching bracket of studying. socrates replace into taught with the aid of aristotle. yet in addition asking y no longer is interpreting, u r asking questions approximately different ppl. thinkers the ppl who r innovative r pronounced to b extra desirable than ppl that only settle for issues as they are and dont replace them or attempt to alter them.