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[[File:The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.jpg|thumb|The unexfoliated skin is not worth shaving.]]"'''The | [[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). | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
== External links == | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_unexamined_life_is_not_worth_living The unexamined life is not worth living] @ Wikipedia | |||
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Revision as of 18:02, 22 February 2021
"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
- The unexamined life is not worth living @ Wikipedia