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1 " Plato says that the unexamined life is not worth living. But what if the examined life turns out to be a clunker as well? "
― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons
2 " Socrates once said, " The unexamined life is not worth living." I would expand on his thought by suggesting, " The unexamined society is not worth living in. "
3 " Generally speaking, writers who have been at it for a while, and who are any good at it, suffer from an acute kind of self-knowledge. The unexamined life is not a risk for them. "
― Mark Slouka , Essays from the Nick of Time: Reflections and Refutations
4 " Socrates told us, " the unexamined life is not worth living." I think he's calling for curiosity, more than knowledge. In every human society at all times and at all levels, the curious are at the leading edge. "
