examined.

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

— Socrates, via Plato's Apology

thought experiments drawn from traditions across the world.
no right answers. just a mirror.

ethics — consequentialist ↔ deontological

self — individual ↔ communal

endurance — stoic ↔ epicurean

method — pragmatist ↔ idealist

freedom — libertarian ↔ determinist

knowledge — rationalist ↔ empiricist

reality — materialist ↔ transcendent

choose your path

or take them all

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THE ESSENTIAL

Ten core dilemmas. Ethics, freedom, meaning, identity. The greatest hits.

10 scenarios · ~8 min

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THE EXAMINED

Sixteen carefully chosen dilemmas spanning ethics, identity, knowledge, and belonging. The sweet spot.

16 scenarios · ~15 min

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THE DEEP CUT

All twenty-four. The complete philosophical inventory — Western, Eastern, African, Indigenous, and everything between.

24 scenarios · ~25 min

your philosophical portrait

THE WALL

others who've examined themselves

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"know thyself" — inscribed at the Temple of Apollo at Delphi