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Socrates Σωκράτης

c. 470–399 BCE · Classical Greek

The philosopher who made questioning itself a way of life.

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ὁ ... ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ

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“The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.”

Plato, Apology 38a

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Aristotle

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