PQ34

Class Responses and Instructor Comments

>From MILDRED FERENTINO:

"If I say that it is impossible for me to keep quiet because that means disobeying the god, you will not believe me and will think I am being ironical. On the other hand, if I say that it is the greatest good for a man to discuss virtue every day and those other things about which you hear me conversing and testing myself and others." pg 41

>rm says: This is relevant, though this question, and quotes in general, really demand your own explanation.

>From Avrohom:

i think that this is related to #26 on how Meletus and Anytus cannot harm him. that Socrates is leading a life that questions the answers taught by the Athenian govt. He is saying that if one were to just accept their answers for what they are, and not to question and examine them, one's life is not worth living.

>rm says: This is pretty good. Do you think that this is related to the question about why he doesn't escape (in the Crito)?

>From Avrohom:

you mean because he has to live up to his teachings?

>rm says: Yes. And does he think that life in exile would be worth living?

Plato Reading Guide 34. "The unexamined life is not worth living." (38a) Explain.		Back to Plato Reading Guide Back to Philosophy 101 Home Next Question
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