He writes, "Accordingly all men make use, more or less, of both; for to a certain extent all men attempt to discuss statements and to maintain them, to defend themselves and to attack others.... By learning to read and write, Douglass broke the chains of slavery, acquired a brighter vision of this world, and all about what it means to be free; all of this happened to him because of education. ...

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Certainly, his most famous statement ever was that the "unexamined life was not worth living precisely because an examined life was essential to answering the question "how should I live my life?" ... Only in the beatific vision-the end toward which philosophy, the love of wisdom, is oriented-will those limits be overcome". ...

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Socrates was not satisfied with not knowing more and more about the oracle's vision, so he decided to speak with the great poets, at the risk of devaluing his reputation even more, of the city-state in hopes they could challenge his wisdom. ... This statement alone seems to put people in a squander of thought: how can being wise lower your reputation? ...

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This statement shows that much like in Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," a person is not truly free unless he is able to free himself of the binds of his own mind by educating oneself about the surrounding world (Plato, 529). ...

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