If someone lives an unexamined, 'unfulfilled' life because they work seventy hours a week are they to blame? If one needs to work a lot to survive and therefore have little free time after eating and sleeping, are they to blame for their unexamined life?
If someone is working that much it is not like they are laying on the couch and watching TV all the time. They are interacting with their coworkers, any customers etc. They are living their life to the fullest they can because if they are not working that much then what happens to their spouse and children. They are in a sense living a fulfilled life because they are surviving, They have chosen the path of living rather than of thinking and hoping another meal comes on the table. I think these people are living the fulfilled life not in Aristotle, Plato or Socrates sense but in the sense of the average person. What is the purpose of life if we cannot even feed ourselves? If we cannot feed ourselves then we cease to exist and there is no purpose. I would rather spend my life working to better it than thinking about bettering it.
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