Living a life where every thing and every answer is handed down to you on a silver platter with no quest for any answers is not worth living. Life would be lived without questions, and without curiosity, therefore life would be absolutely boring. Examining the lives we lead today is what makes us human beings. Curiosity plays a big role in leading an examined life as Socrates has. And without it, humans would have no way of advancing as a species.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living
When I was little, I was always a very curious child like most others, but one thing I never did was ask my parents those questions like "are there aliens", "why the sky is blue", or "where did humans come from". Don't get me wrong, I was curious, but I also liked to find things out for myself. Like the fairy-tale and fantasy creatures were nonexistent. I found out by myself that Santa and the Tooth Fairy weren't real. Therefore, I do agree that the unexamined life is not worth living. There are questions that should remain mysterious to us, as we have gone over in class.
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I definitely believe that answers shouldn't be given to one on a silver platter, however, I feel like all of us have a sense of curiosity as we grow up. If we all lived in a world without curiosity than nothing would be accomplished. Curiosity is what drives advancement but I still believe that an unexamined life can be worth living.
ReplyDeleteWhy must we advance as a species? Why not just live a stable life of where we reached our peak and just continue our existence?
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