I'm holding out on voting, but I think I'm leaning towards "yes". Yes, a life worth living is dependent on the knowledge within it. — darthbarracuda
Let's be honest here; not very many people actually do philosophy. Therefore, most people do not realize the value philosophy can have in a person's life.
To ask if one's life is worth living is a philosophical question. — darthbarracuda
Therefore, since most people do not "do philosophy" (rather, they live meaninglessly), their life cannot be "worth" anything. — darthbarracuda
I reject the notion that a life worth living can be independent of the subject's opinion of said life; it, by necessity, must come from within, not external. — darthbarracuda
To do philosophy is to actualize the self. — darthbarracuda
I reject the notion that a life worth living can be independent of the subject's opinion of said life; it, by necessity, must come from within, not external. — darthbarracuda
Are you claiming that it is not possible to have an "opinion" about your life without doing philosophy? — John
But the unexamined life is not worth living. You only realize this once you examine your life. — darthbarracuda
How do you have an opinion about something you haven't examined even if the examination is as cursory as claiming you just have an opinion about it? — Landru Guide Us
This topic is a bit jejune. — Landru Guide Us
It's odd it should produce such vehement responses by people who insist they haven't examined their life but still care about it? How would you ever know? — Landru Guide Us
I would say the examined life is richer, but only for those who get off on examining their lives. I think most philosophically unreflective people, if asked why they continue to live, would say that it is because life is good, because they generally enjoy life. — John
If that counts as philosophy, then that's a very broad conception of philosophy. — Sapientia
You brought it up. — Sapientia
That's a straw man. Who do you think has insisted that they haven't examined their life? Where have they supposedly done so? — Sapientia
I think it is usually the rich and powerful who live unexamined lives; most people have to examine their lives because they are so precarious. — Landru Guide Us
Yes I interpret philosophy broadly. Even baristas can engage in it. Indeed, philosophy is our most natural condition - we have to prevent people from doing it, otherwise they will. — Landru Guide Us
No, I brought up the examined life, not the vapid notion that we can have "feelings" about our life without examining it. Seems blatantly false to me. And really a sort of anti-intellectualism, as if caring about one's life is elitist. — Landru Guide Us
Worse than that, you and John have insisted that some other people (I take it dumb regular people unlike you) don't examine their lives, but just have general feelings about their lives. I think it is usually the rich and powerful who live unexamined lives; most people have to examine their lives because they are so precarious. — Landru Guide Us
"The unexamined life is not worth living" does not have to be true. It could be not true. It could be that unexamined lives are worth living, and the examination itself doesn't make the examined life worth living. — Bitter Crank
But it is true. If you don't examine your life (and that's the only life that matters when it comes to living it), then it isn't worth living for you, since worth requires evaluation. — Landru Guide Us
No, I brought up the examined life, not the vapid notion that we can have "feelings" about our life without examining it. Seems blatantly false to me. And really a sort of anti-intellectualism, as if caring about one's life is elitist. — Landru Guide Us
The idea that a life CAN be worth living without examination rests on several possible pillars. — Bitter Crank
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