A Greek philosopher Socrates, claims in the Apology, that "the unexamined life is not worth living for a human being,” in a sense of saying he is not stating that the human life is meaningless or less meaningful. But what does he mean, you ask? Socrates could mean that we as humans aren’t able to grow towards greater purpose and understand our true nature unless we take time to examine and reflect upon our life. Socrates states that human life are being personal and spiritual. Human life are precious and pure and we as humans should work hard and better educate ourselves to expand our knowledge of what we can do.
Why did Socrates think and teach that a man’s life should be worth living and should be examined? And by who? Socrates was stated that man’s life is more than just the years they live in earth. He states that there is so much more to come after we die and it is man’s job and goal to prepare and be ready when that time comes. Every choice and every plan we make reflects on what will determine our
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As Socrates says and believes, we are here for the purpose of not living but to prove ourselves to be worthy of having a pure afterlife destiny. Most people, such as Socrates, like to believe what we do on earth determines what happens to us when we die. With my religious background, I would have no choice but to believe in those people otherwise what is the point for all of this. For living, if nothing is to come after our lives are gone. However, there are people who might disagree with having an afterlife and might say that having the idea or the image of an afterlife is just our way of getting through this things called life. Many people have their own interpretations and thoughts about what is to come after we pass, but no one can tell by experience. Everyone has their own views and