Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 25, 2011

James Miller talks about the lives of twelve famous philosophers and the answers they offered to the most fundamental questions about who we are and what makes for a life worth living. Examined Lives: From Socrates to Nietzsche looks at the lives and beliefs of philosophers from Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Kant, Emerson, and Nietzsche—and explores questions about what it means to live a good life.

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