“I wonder …” According to the ancient Greeks, philosophy—the love of wisdom—begins in wonder. It is frequently observed that gifted students are exceptionally curious, wondering about many things. Once this natural sense of wonder has been introduced to issues that philosophers have found fascinating and vital, young people may well be in a position to expand that wonder into the kind of interest—perhaps the kind of love—that drives the impetus to know about things in a philosophical sense.
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