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Happiness Lessons of The Ancients: Socrates and Self-Knowledge

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos

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The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living

The quote that people often think of and associate with Socrates is the unexamined life is not worth living. He means society as we inherited isn't perfect but there are many, many discoveries to be made about the world. We can really get better self-knowledge through this idea of the socratic method and applying it to ourselves. The second way we can do this is through the practice of mindfulness.

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