一个巨大的，及时的，并经常冷却调查的理念和民主的实践，从古希腊和文艺复兴时期欧洲的公民权利，担心选举舞弊的，和专制的幽灵。

Examined Life pulls philosophy out of academic journals and classrooms, and puts it back on the streets. Offering privileged moments with great thinkers from fields ranging from moral philosophy to cultural theory, Examined Life reveals philosophy's power to transform the way we see the world around us and imagine our place in it.