"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."

Reflection, Life, Examination, Philosophy, Meaning

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"The life which is unexamined is not worth living."

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"Nothing could be more important than that the work of a soldier is well done. No tools will make a man a skilled workmen, or master of defense, or be of any use to him who has not learned how to handle them and has never bestowed any attention on them."

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"Either we shall find what it is we are seeking or at least we shall free ourselves from the persuasion that we know what we do not know."

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"I know that I know nothing."

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