SOCRATES (469-399 BC)
Socrates was the first person I chose for my “committee”. The things about Socrates that have always drawn me to his work was his belief in “know thyself” and that “the unexamined life is not worth living”. His drive and interest in questioning appeals to me most, probably because I question everything. I want to know why things are the way they are, how they got that way and why am I perceiving something in the manner I am. Through the act of questioning we learn and grow, we discern what is right or wrong for us as individuals and find truths about ourselves.
Socrates’ work shows me that it’s possible for social conventions, labels, and habits to conceal what may be real or what may lie beneath and having decided to live a life based on truth (mine of course) his contributions in this area are very beneficial in devising an authentic human existence. I don’t need the veils of others imposed upon me; I have enough of my own to work through and the......
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