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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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What does Socrates mean by " the unexamined life is not worth living?"
gpt
Socrates has the choice between exile or death when faced with his charges of “corrupting the youth” at his trial.  Ultimately, Socrates knew that his exile would lead to complete separation from philosophy, wisdom, and reasonable debate.  Without a life of wisdom and knowledge-searching, Socrates knee he would be blind to reality.  Socrates essentially has to make a choice between an unexamined life, or death, and death is what he chose.  Socrates was a god-believer, and so, he knew he would have an opportunity in the after-life to continue his love for wisdom and search for knowledge.  Philosophy, to Socrates, is the most important pursuit above all other pursuits, and without it, a person lacks the most essential and necessary thing for a “good” life.