An unexamined life

hahaha... Good Kenshin, this is what I was telling you last night. Have your questions (in philosophy) posted here... Now you will have a very good discussion.

Hi friend, i like this quote. I agree with it fully. We must have a meaning for our life, there is no use in living our life without any meaning, We must have aim and goals in our life and try our maximum to fulfill it. Face our challenges with our efforts and over come from it with our confidence

I read about this saying-An unexamined life is not worth living, a few days ago. I think that it is well said. I use it to teach my students who do not work hard and participate in class. For those who do not have a set goal in life is not worth living. I wish them to fully understand its meaning and live their life to the maximum with always aims in life to reach. Have a good day, kenshin.

Being human, you will always be questioning about where your life is heading and what you're doing to make your life better. I think people are always examining their lives and wanting to make it worth living and not just existing. But what you feel is worthy may not be for other people. For example, like me, I think being a mom and having a wonderful family life is the most important thing and it makes my life worth living but for others who are ambitious, they would think that my life is worthless and that I'm just wasting my time on Earth. So, would you say I'm leading an unexamined life?

I agree with that statement. Not unless a person thinks real hard about what his present status is, he would not be able to make a step in achieving a goal to make his life better.

In other words the movie encourages as to be an individual or be unique rather than be like someone else or be stereotypical. This is a very good message specially for the world today wherein we tend to imitate the what the media project and we lose ourselves in the process. I think we should start examining our lives now.

The unexamined life is the life no better (or perhaps worse) than the life of an animal but as humans we need to live a human life all the best, urban

i agree strongly. i don't think people should automatically assume things just because the masses think so.

I can't say that I know a lot about philosophy but this statement has some logic to it.I think an important aspect of human life is a quest for knowledge and in my opinion it should include gaining a deeper understanding of yourself.Personally I believe we get the most out of life when we try to find out as much as possible about the world we live in and the mysteries of our world.If humans weren't curious then the human race wouldn't have developed to the level advancement we are at.We would still be living in the dark ages.

Each of us has a unique personality and so everyone must drive his/her own ride to reach his/her destination.If it happends that you joined to another ride but be sure to find your own to go to your goal.

I think there is a lot of reason in this statement. I may not be well qualified to interprete it but in general I guess it has the idea that each and every individual is here for a reason and even the small purpose in our life can make a difference. I'm interpreting the idea as an idea to live our life not just day by day, counting on others to do what we are supposed to do, but with paying attention even to the tiniest things and to do something to leave behind when we're gone. Digging deeper in our inner "Ego" is one of the ways to achieve it and the starting point to do so. Creativeness and initiative make the meaning of examination of life, after being well aware of who we are and why we are here.

We should show our respect to different kind of lives.To be human ,we also need think more deeply.

My husband and I homeschooled our children. We wanted our children to have the ability to think for themselves. And they are indeed capable of thinking for themselves. It is important to re-evalute and see if whatever policies or procedures is working and what needs to be re-examined.

I think it also boils down to who we know we are. If we are merely 'followers', we will suck up to everyone's philosophy. It is important that we know what we stand for, and we should dig into our own lives and examine motives. We should look at the shortcomings in our lives and make an effort to grow richer.