The Greek philosopher Socrates claimed that “The unexamined life is not worth living.” It appears from Plato’s dialogues, in which Socrates is the main character and protagonist, that he lived up to this claim, as he went around Athens questioning the leading men of the city about their virtues.He was, in effect, forcing others to examine their lives in a very public way. As a soci...
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