Socratic Philosophy as a Way of Living Remarks on Plato’ s Apologia

Joerg H. Hardy; Mariam Tedoradze

doi:10.52340/sw9nen77

Authors

Joerg H. Hardy Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Jemani Author
Mariam Tedoradze Akaki Tsereteli State University, Kutaisi, Georgia Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52340/sw9nen77

Keywords:

Theory of Happiness, Perfection, Seeking Knowledge, Ignorance

Abstract

Socrates invites his fellow citizens to live an examining life. He defends his own “questioning and examining” by claiming the God commanded him “to live the life of a philosopher, to examine myself and others” (28e4-6). For Socrates, asking philosophical questions and examining beliefs is a way of living, and “an un-examined life is not worth living” (37e3-38a7). The two crucial elements of the examining life that Socrates has in mind are, as we aim to explain in this paper, taking care of the soul and taking care of thoughts.

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