Wonder

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Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Topic

Curiosity Wonder Philosophy

Speaker

Socrates

Author

Plato

Source

Theaetetus

Medium

Philosophical dialogue

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

Greek

Time

400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Θεαίτητος [Theaetetus], written by Plato. c. 369 BC.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Theaetetus, written by Plato, translated by John McDowell. Oxford University Press, 2014.

The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.

Albert Einstein

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Topic

The mysterious Awe Wonder Creativity

Author

Albert Einstein

Source

What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13 Forum and Century

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

German

Time

1930 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Einstein, Albert. "What I Believe. Living Philosophies 13." Forum and Century, Oct. 1930, vol. 84, issue 4, pp. 193-194.

Wonder... And not any expectation of advantage from its discoveries, is the first principle which prompts mankind to the study of Philosophy, of that science which pretends to lay open the concealed connections that unite the various appearances of nature.

Adam Smith

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Topic

Wonder Curiosity Philosophy

Author

Adam Smith

Source

The History of Astronomy Essays on Philosophical Subjects

Medium

Essay

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1790 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Smith, Adam. "The History of Astronomy." Essays on Philosophical Subjects. London: T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies/Edinburgh: W. Creech, 1795, sect. 3, para. 3.

Current Citation

Smith, Adam. "The History of Astronomy." Essays on Philosophical Subjects, edited by W. P. D. Wightman. Liberty Fund, 1982, sect. 3, para. 3.

We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.

Mark Twain

A Tramp Abroad

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Topic

Disenchanted world Rainbows Wonder Science Downsides of progress

Author

Mark Twain

Source

A Tramp Abroad

Genre

Travel writing

Language

English

Time

1880 1880s 19th century

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Original Citation

Twain, Mark. A Tramp Abroad. Hartford: American Publishing Company, 1880, ch. 43.

Current Citation

Twain, Mark. "A Tramp Abroad." Mark Twain: A Tramp Abroad, Following the Equator, Other Travels, edited by Roy Blount, Jr. Library of America, 2010, ch. 43.