1. The Purpose of Philosophy
Socrates said that the "unexamined life is not worth living for a human being" (West et al. 92). ... " (West et al. 66) By investigating the things under the earth and in heaven, he was examining the foundations of the principles that the Athenians lived by. ... However, Socrates was the only one to examine other sophists in order to get to the root of true wisdom (West et al. 69-72). ...
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