one of the things we discussed yesterday was the things that various philosophers have said in the past on the topic of work. Socrates said that workers have a lower form of life because they cannot take the time to examine their life. another philosopher said that work was equivalent to pain and since we avoid pain at all costs, we should avoid work as well. yet another said that work is evil because we only do it because we have to. i do not know where they came up with this, but it is totally wrong. i mean, you can examine your life if you are a worker. not that i think that you should have to examine your life to make it fulfilling. as for the second philosopher, not all work is painful, and no work really has to be painful. finally, the third one, we do have to work, but that does not make it evil. people need to work for the world to run smoothly.
i personally like the statement that we are producers as well as consumers. this is so true. we do not merely sit back and get everything handed to us. things just don't work that way. we need to work, to produce.
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Rather than "The unexamined life is not worth living," perhaps what Socrates meant to say was "The examined life, for those lucky enough to pursue it, is especially satisfying."
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