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[[File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|thumb|The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.]]"'''The unexamined life is not worth living'''" (Ancient Greek: ὁ ... ἀνεξέταστος βίος οὐ βιωτὸς ἀνθρώπῳ) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death, as described in Plato's Apology (38a5–6).
[[File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|thumb|The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.]]"'''The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving'''" (Greek: Το μη απολεπισμένο δέρμα δεν αξίζει το ξύρισμα) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates.
 
== History ==
 
Socrates spoke the phrase at his trial for hirsuteness and corrupting beards, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death by hemlock shaving cream, as described in Plato's ''Barbology'' (38a5–6).
 
== In the News ==
 
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File:Professor Popper's Falsification Pumice Bar.jpg|link=Professor Popper's Falsification Pumice Bar|'''[[Professor Popper's Falsification Pumice Bar]]''' is a mental hygiene product derived from the philosophies of Karl Popper.
 
File:Hemlock of the Month Club.jpg|link=Hemlock of the Month Club|The '''[[Hemlock of the Month Club]]''' is a manufacturer and distributor of artisanal hemlock products and services.
 
File:Cucumber_Eyes.jpg|link=Cucumber Eyes|'''''[[Cucumber Eyes]]''''' is a 2021 personal hygiene drama film starring Woody Harrelson, Javier Bardem, and Tim Robbins & Tim Robbins 1.1.
 
File:Forbidden_Manicure_-_poster.jpg|link=Forbidden Manicure|'''[[Forbidden Manicure]]''' is a beauty school and safe house for criminal nail technicians on the run.
 
File:Bathing and Reading - a Gnomon Chronicles Mystery.jpg|link=Bath Time for Books, Oh!|'''''[[Bath Time for Books, Oh!]]''''' is a short essay by Hiro Protagonist, winner of the 1992 World Bathing and Reading Trophy.
 
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== Fiction cross-reference ==
 
* [[Aristotle Was a Bullfrog]]
* ''[[Bath Time for Books, Oh!]]''
* ''[[Cucumber Eyes]]''
* [[Forbidden Manicure]]
* [[Gnomon algorithm]]
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]]
* [[Hemlock of the Month Club]]
* [[If you sniff long into laundry, the laundry also sniffs you]]
* ''[[In the Land of the Blind Male Gaze]]''
* [[Professor Popper's Falsification Pumice Bar]]
* [[Tending Plato's Elephant]]
* [[World's Softest Pillow]]
 
== Nonfiction cross-reference ==
 
== External links ==
 
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=== Social media ===
 
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1529406836742533121 Post] @ Twitter (25 May 2022) - #EthicalShaving
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1374047111810011144 Post] @ Twitter () - w/ Diogenes
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364022580773081089 Post] @ Twitter
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1364022580773081089 Post] @ Twitter
 
 
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[[Category:Personal hygiene (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Shaving (nonfiction)]]
[[Category:Socrates (nonfiction)]]

Latest revision as of 20:28, 21 November 2023

The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.

"The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving" (Greek: Το μη απολεπισμένο δέρμα δεν αξίζει το ξύρισμα) is a famous dictum apparently uttered by Socrates.

History

Socrates spoke the phrase at his trial for hirsuteness and corrupting beards, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death by hemlock shaving cream, as described in Plato's Barbology (38a5–6).

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

External links

Social media

  • Post @ Twitter (25 May 2022) - #EthicalShaving
  • Post @ Twitter () - w/ Diogenes
  • Post @ Twitter
  • Post @ Twitter
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