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A Life unexamined is not worth Living In Plato’s Apology, Socrates states that “the unexamined life is not worth living;” This claim signifies the idea that to just go about one’s life without questioning and thinking is not the life of a human but that of an animal with no greater meaning and therefore, is not worth living . The ability to think and reason separates humans from merely being animals. Basically, everyone examines their lives to a degree, but different circumstances of perceptions of reality affect whether or not people will follow their examination of life. Without searching the meaning of reality, truth, values, and the significance of human history, the mind go back to a meaningless original aspiration only to satisfy its pre-planned life. This is why Socrates thinks that an examined life is so important. Socrates states that the only one who is really wise is God, and that human wisdom is worthless. By this he meant that to question and examine one’s life is human, therefore, not doing it is inhuman, and to not be human is not worth living.
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