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Pax Romana Art
Socrates on the Examined Life
Athens · 399 BC
1.844 kr2.638 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Made to order and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Shatterproof plexiglass. Framed prints sit in a pine frame, FSC-certified, and arrive ready to hang.
- Magnetic wooden hanger. Posters come with a pine hanger; the magnets hold the print.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
Hanging print
- 12-color fine art printing with fade-resistant pigment inks
- Smooth matte fine art paper, 200 gsm
- Pine wood frame, FSC-certified paper and wood
- Shatterproof plexiglass
- Arrives framed and ready to hang, hanging kit included
- Sizes: 12x16″ · 18x24″ · 24x32″ · 30x40″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Fine art paper
- Style: Quote
- Era: Early Republic
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Socrates on the Examined LifeFramed print · Black · 24x32″
1.844 kr
2.638 krSave 794 kr
Athens · 399 BC
A Life Worth Living
In 399 BC three Athenian citizens, Meletus, Anytus and Lycon, prosecuted Socrates for failing to honor the city's gods, for bringing in new divinities and for corrupting the young. A jury of about five hundred citizens found him guilty. Plato, who was in court, later wrote the Apology, his version of the speeches Socrates gave in his defense.
The famous line comes at the penalty stage. Socrates explains that he cannot go into exile and keep quiet, because questioning people about how to live is his life's work. The Greek at 38a, 'ho de anexetastos bios ou biotos anthropoi,' means word for word 'the unexamined life is not livable for a human being.' The English on this piece is the standard translation, shortened only by leaving out 'for a human being.' The line is Socrates as Plato reports him, since Socrates himself wrote nothing.
Socrates was not a Stoic and died a century before the first Stoics taught in Athens. But they looked to him as the wise man in action, and Epictetus quotes this very line in his Discourses.
The piece
The design sets a white marble bust against a deep night-blue ground, in the portrait type known from Roman copies: the broad face, snub nose and heavy brow that ancient writers compared to a satyr's. Light falls from the upper left across the furrowed forehead and the deep curls of the beard.
Materia · The materials
Fine art paper, framed or hung.
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Fine art paper
Framed prints: 200 gsm smooth matte paper, printed in 12 colors with fade-resistant pigment inks.
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Shatterproof plexiglass
Protects the print in transit and on the wall.
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Magnetic wooden hanger
Posters: 250 gsm museum-quality matte paper between pine hangers in black or dark wood. The magnets hold the print, so you can swap it any time.
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