"As it is, the lover of inquiry..." - Quote by Plato
As it is, the lover of inquiry must follow his beloved wherever it may lead him.
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“Truth is its own reward.”
“An hour of play is worth a lifetime of conversation.”
“And the first step, as you know, is always what matters most, particularly when we are dealing with those who are young and tender. That is the time when they are taking shape and when any impression we choose to make leaves a permanent mark.”
More on Inquiry
“We must now examine whether just people also live better and are happier than unjust ones. I think it's clear already that this is so, but we must look into it further, since the argument concerns no ordinary topic, but the way we ought to live.”
“A man becomes a philosopher by reason of a certain perplexity, from which he seeks to free himself.”
“Inside any deep asking is the answering.”
More on Curiosity
“I do not enlighten those who are not eager to learn, nor arouse those who are not anxious to give an explanation themselves. If I have presented one corner of the square and they cannot come back to me with the other three, I should not go over the points again.”
“When I was a kid, if a guy got killed in a western movie I always wondered who got his horse.”
“There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.”