Saturday, February 25, 2012

Socrates: Wonder is the Beginning of Philosophy


μάλα γὰρ φιλοσόφου τοῦτο τὸ πάθος, τὸ θαυμάζειν; οὐ γὰρ ἄλλη ἀρχή φιλοσοφίας ἢ αὓτη.
“Philosophy is very much this feeling of wonder; love of wisdom does not begin anywhere else.”

[Plato, Theaetetus, 155d, Platonis Opera, Tomvs I, Clarendon Press, Oxford, my translation.]

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