The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living In The Apology By Plato

The Apology was a very interesting read that helps one to see through the eyes of Socrates. He seems to have been a very wise man who fought for what he believed in and wanted to spread the idea of asking ideas, or what became known as the Socratic Method. My favorite core teaching of Socrates was that “the unexamined life is not worth living.” I am going to explain why this specific teaching stands out to me the most personally, and then connect it with how it Socrates acts upon it within The Apology by Plato. “The unexamined life is not worth living” is a quote that I know I have heard maybe a few times throughout my life but honestly never really took the time to think too much about its true meaning. After reading about philosophy over the past two weeks and really acknowledging the ideas being put forward, I am understanding more and more as to why people not only really enjoy philosophical ideas but why Socrates used his Socratic Method to get others to ask questions they themselves had never thought of. He seemed to almost be a little pushy when describing his methods of talking to the people of Athens and it sounds like many did not approve of his ways. He only wanted all to see what he saw and that was that life was full of …show more content…
He wanted others to ask the many questions there are to ask and examine the lives they were living, not just “sleepwalk” through them. The belief he is spreading in this text is that an examined life will involve improving ones’ soul, as well as having wisdom and truth and that a life filled only with money and honour is not really a life worth anything. I feel that this text relates very heavily to his teaching on the unexamined life because those who improve their souls and have wisdom are the ones who are living the examined life whereas those with only honour and money have basically