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Apology

c. 399–390 BCEGreek philosophyAncient (before 200 BCE)PlatoBook

Plato's account of the speech Socrates gave in his own defence at his trial in Athens in 399 BCE. It contains his declaration that the unexamined life is not worth living.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apology_(Plato)

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“the unexamined life is not worth living”
— Socrates (in Plato), Plato, Apology 38a, tr. Benjamin Jowett
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VerifiedsourceMaxim: Know yourself.Translation: public-domain translation (Jowett)