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Plato · Apology 38a

“The unexamined life is not worth living for a human being.”

ὁ δὲ ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ.

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“Those who philosophize rightly practice dying.”Phaedo 67e
“All soul is immortal.”Phaedrus 245c

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