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In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social.

— James Mark Baldwin

Socrates thought and so do I that the wisest theory about the gods is no theory at all.

— Michel de Montaigne

“Socrates said, “the unexamined life is not worth living.”

— Arianna Huffington

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…

— Roger Ebert

Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth living. But the over-examined life makes you wish you were dead. Given the alternative, I'd rather…

— Saul Bellow

As Socrates I believe said the unexamined life is not worth living. I believe that's true. I do believe that.

— Joy Behar

In a speech, the columnist Charles Krauthammer… offered a new version of Socrates' famous saying, "The unexamined life is not worth living." In our…

— John Leo

“Socrates once said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." I would expand on his thought by suggesting, "The unexamined society is not worth…

— Eileen Workman

“We all know that the un-examined life is not worth living (socrates). But if all you are doing is examining, you are not living.”

— Adam Leipzig

“What do you think Socrates meant when he said, “The unexamined life is not worth living”? Third,”

— Karen Armstrong

“Socrates had it backward. He thought the unexamined life is not worth living. I think no one's life holds up to examination. The more…

— David R. Dow

“What disturbs men's minds is not events but their judgements on events: For instance, death is nothing dreadful, or else Socrates would have thought…

— Epictetus