04 July 2024

Wonder.

Bacon, Astronomical Diagrams, 1909


How is it they live in such harmony, the billions of stars, when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds?  Because philosophy arises from awe, a philosopher is bound in his way to be a lover of myths and poetic fables. Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder.  Wonder is the desire of knowledge.

Thomas Aquinas

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