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The original quote is from Plato's Apology "an unexamined life is not worth living" - I never thought much beyond the expression so I just accepted it as a negative comment on my how I lived my life. Deeper research lead me to find this
However, there would be no need to exhort us to examine our lives if we did not think that there were human beings who do not, and so have valueless, bestial lives. The noble ideal has a harsh implication: some in the herd of humankind may as well be animals, or dead.
We should also keep in mind that Plato says this is a quote from Socrates but all we know of Socrates is what Plato says of him so, in truth, it is a Platonic quote.
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