A.C. Grayling: The Unconsidered Life
Philosopher and author AC Grayling on thinking critically and being a well-informed citizen of the world. If you enjoy content like this, please consider helping with our RDF fundraiser...
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“The Unconsidered Life” [peaceful music] A.C. Grayling: One very, very important moment in the history of philosophy is when Socrates said, "The unconsidered life is not worth living." This seems a very dramatic claim in a way. What he meant was that if you don't reflect on your life, if you don't consider it, if you don't choose the values that you're going to live by, then you're going to live according to somebody else's choices. You're going to be like a football that they're kicking around, because you're not-- you haven't chosen something and directed your life towards these goals. And it's a very, very big difference between having data, information, and turning that into knowledge an...
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“The Unconsidered Life” [peaceful music] A.C. Grayling: One very, very important moment in the history of philosophy is when Socrates said, "The unconsidered life is not worth living." This seems a very dramatic claim in a way. What he meant was that if you don't reflect on your life, if you don't consider it, if you don't choose the values that you're going to live by, then you're going to live according to somebody else's choices. You're going to be like a football that they're kicking around, because you're not-- you haven't chosen something and directed your life towards these goals. And it's a very, very big difference between having data, information, and turning that into knowledge an...
