Inquiry Quotes

Have you ever paused to contemplate the power of a question? Inquiry isn't just about uttering a word or asking for information; it's the initial spark of all progress, the innate desire to delve into the unknown, and the tireless pursuit of knowledge in every dark corner and every incomplete answer. It is the essence of human curiosity that drives us to decipher the world around us, explore beyond the obvious, and gain a deeper understanding of existence. How then, have philosophers and scientists captured this eternal passion for research and knowledge in their quotes?

Quote by Plato: We will be better and braver if we engage and inquire than if we indulge inthe idle fancy that we al...
We will be better and braver if we engage and inquire than if we indulge inthe idle fancy that we already know -- or that it is of no use seeking toknow what we do not know.
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— Plato
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Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero: It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent....
It is a shameful thing to be weary of inquiry when what we search for is excellent.
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— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero: By doubting we come at truth....
By doubting we come at truth.
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— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Quote by Marcus Aurelius: For any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?...
For any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?
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— Marcus Aurelius
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Quote by Aristotle: Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize....
Whether we will philosophize or we won't philosophize, we must philosophize.
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— Aristotle
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Quote by Immanuel Kant: I am myself by inclination an investigator....
I am myself by inclination an investigator.
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— Immanuel Kant
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Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson: But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader th...
But lest I should mislead any when I have my own head and obey my whims, let me remind the reader that I am only an experimenter.Do not set the least value on what I do, or the least discredit on what I do not, as if I pretended to settle any thing as true or false. I unsettle all things. No facts are to me sacred; none are profane; I simply experiment, an endless seeker with no Past at my back.
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— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Quote by C.S. Lewis: Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions...
Once you were a child. Once you knew what inquiry was for. There was a time when you asked questions because you wanted answers, and were glad when you had found them. Become a child again, even now... You have gone wrong. Thirst was made for water; inquiry for truth.
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— C.S. Lewis
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Quote by Immanuel Kant: What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?...
What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?
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— Immanuel Kant
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