Was Not Worth Living?

"The unexamined life is not worth living" (Ancient Greek: ὁ ... ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death, as described in Plato's Apology (38a5–6).

What does Plato mean the unexamined life is not worth living?

“The unexamined life is not worth living,” this is a very famous quote by Socrates, and it means that if you are not examining your life and asking questions about the life of yourself and others than you should not be living at all.

What kind of life is not worth living?

The unexamined life is not worth living. The idea of nobility suggests elevation of the few over the ignoble many, which is why if you scratch many a noble ideal you can sniff the unmistakable aroma of elitism. The ideal of the examined life is noble for precisely this reason.