How does Socrates' idea of examining life apply today?

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The examination of life remains a crucial endeavor. In your time, as in mine, it is easy to drift through existence, accepting prevailing opinions and superficial satisfactions without true reflection. To live an unexamined life is to be like a ship without a rudder. I urge you to question your own beliefs, to rigorously assess what constitutes a good and just life, and to strive for self-knowledge. Only through such critical examination can one hope to live a meaningful and virtuous existence.

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