It is impossible to conceive of a free and creative life in the humanist sense as one lived without alertness, sensitivity and insight. This tells us what Socrates meant when he said that the best life is the considered life. To the question 'What is good?', then, the answer can only be: 'The considered life of achievement and fulfillment, of pleasure and understanding, of love and friendship; in short, the best human life in a human world, humanely lived.

From What is Good? - The search for the best way to live by A C Grayling

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