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[[File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|thumb|The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.]]"'''The unexamined life is not worth living'''" (Ancient Greek: ὁ ... ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death, as described in Plato's Apology (38a5–6).
[[File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|thumb|The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.]]"'''The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving'''" (Greek: Το μη απολεπισμένο δέρμα δεν αξίζει το ξύρισμα) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates.
 
== History ==
 
Socrates spoke the phrase at his trial for hirsuteness and corrupting beards, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death by hemlock shaving cream, as described in Plato's ''Barbology'' (38a5–6).
 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
 
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
== External links ==
 
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unexamined_life_is_not_worth_living The unexamined life is not worth living] @ Wikipedia
 
 
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The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.

"The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving" (Greek: Το μη απολεπισμένο δέρμα δεν αξίζει το ξύρισμα) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates.

History

Socrates spoke the phrase at his trial for hirsuteness and corrupting beards, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death by hemlock shaving cream, as described in Plato's Barbology (38a5–6).

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links