The Examined Life

The Examined Life
Cover of the first edition
AuthorRobert Nozick
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPhilosophy
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Publication date
1989
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages308
ISBN0-671-72501-7

The Examined Life is a 1989 collection of philosophical meditations by the philosopher Robert Nozick. The book drew a number of critical reactions. The work is drawn partially as a response to Socrates assertion in Plato's "The Apology of Socrates" that the unexamined life is one not worth living