1名校历年作文范文第一章多段式作文段式作文段式作文段式作文北大作文三、Writing.(50points)题目：TheunexaminedlifeisnotworthlivingAnUnexaminedLifeisNotWorthLiving“TheunexaminedLifeisnotworthliving.”Socratessaidwhenhewastriedforheresyandseditionforencouraginghisstudentstoasktoughquestionsaboutthemselvesandsociety.Uponexamininghislifeandsituation,hechosetodiefordignityratherthanliveouttherestoflifeindisgraceandhumiliation.Socrateswasseekingtruthtolivealifeofhighstation.Accordingtohim,theunexaminedexistenceisofnodiscipline,nofreedomandvoidofdignity.Tobeginwith,theunexaminedlifeisalifewithoutdiscipline.Putitanotherway,alifethathasnotbeensubjectedtocertaincodesandpurposesisdoomedtomorallooseness,humanalienationandinsatiableindulgence.Itissuchlifestylethat,tomanyofus,leadstoalackofsenseofjusticeordirectionofvalues.AcaseinpointisDorianGrayinOscarWilde’snovel,ThePortraitofDorianGray.DorianGrayisayoungmanwhotakesadvantagesofhisbeautyandruinsmanypurewomen.Itishisunexaminedlifeandlooselifestylethatleadtohishurtofothersandhisownfinaldownfall.Contrariwise,theexaminedlifecanprovideonewithchanceforamorethoroughandbetterunderstandingoflifeandtheworld----anunderstandingwhichcanbringusmaximumfreedomfreedomfreedomfreedominthought.Leadinganexaminedlife,Emersonisbelievedbymanytounderstandtheworldbettereventhanmostpeopledotoday.Hiswords“Tobegreatistobemisunderstood.”showthatanindependentindividualneedstotrusthimselfevenifpeoplearounddoubtandquestionhislife.FewcouldlivealifeassoberandexaminedasEmersondidinthathisrealmofthoughtenjoyssuchadegreeoffreedomandindependencethatitcaneventoleratethemisunderstandingoftherestoftheworld.Lastbutnotleast,theunexaminedlifemayamounttotheabsenceofdignity.Inordertobeatruemanofintegrity,oneshouldsubjecthislifeandbeliefstoexaminationandintrospectionorelsehislifewilldegenerateintoalifeofmoralfrivolityandwaywardness.AsSocrateshimselfputit,“Ieattolivewhileotherslivetoeat.”Thischiasmaembodieshiscontemptforthosewholiveanunexaminedlifewithnodignity.However,t...
