{"id":22319,"date":"2023-06-28T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/in-platos-apology-socrates-famously-observes-that-the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living-plato-38a-explain-and-evaluate-how-socrates-argues-for-this-thesis\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T13:31:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T13:31:18","slug":"in-platos-apology-socrates-famously-observes-that-the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living-plato-38a-explain-and-evaluate-how-socrates-argues-for-this-thesis","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/in-platos-apology-socrates-famously-observes-that-the-unexamined-life-is-not-worth-living-plato-38a-explain-and-evaluate-how-socrates-argues-for-this-thesis\/","title":{"rendered":". In Plato\u2019s Apology, Socrates famously observes that \u201cthe unexamined life is not worth living\u201d (Plato 38a). Explain and evaluate how Socrates argues for this thesis."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Plato\u2019s Apology, Socrates famously observes that \u201cthe unexamined life is not worth living\u201d (Plato 38a). Explain and evaluate how Socrates argues for this thesis. Your analysis should begin by looking at (i) Socrates\u2019s discussion of the Oracle of Delphi and Socratic ignorance; (ii) his presentation of philosophy as a heroic quest; and (iii) his comments on the \u201ccare of the self\u201d and his role as \u201cgadfly\u201d in spurring individuals and communities alike to focus on what is most important to a life lived well. Then, present what you take to be the 2-3 most cogent objections to the view you just laid out. Finally, evaluate the debate in light of the objections raised\u2014does Socrates succeed in defending the view that philosophy\/the examined life is the best type of life to lead?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Plato\u2019s Apology, Socrates famously observes that \u201cthe unexamined life is not worth living\u201d (Plato 38a). Explain and evaluate how Socrates argues for this thesis. Your analysis should begin by looking at (i) Socrates\u2019s discussion of the Oracle of Delphi and Socratic ignorance; (ii) his presentation of philosophy as a heroic quest; and (iii) his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[702],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22319"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/22319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=22319"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=22319"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=22319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}