human excellence

...speaking of, my history professor said, "The unexamined life is not worth living." just as we were leaving her class today. It was like one of those things you see in movies where there are crazy teachers yelling inspirational metaphors at you while you leave, as if to give you something to chew on while you go do something else. I have no idea what her's meant or who originally said it, but it sounds like it would mean something pretty significant to someone. Then she said, "Human excellence!" just as I was a few feet out of the room. I thought it was something worth writing down so I'll remember it.