Quotes about Inquiry

For the same things are not 'knowable relatively to us' and 'knowable' without qualification. So in the present inquiry we must follow this method and advance from what is more obscure by nature, (20) but clearer to us, towards what is more clear and more knowable by nature.

those who inquire into the number of existents: for they inquire whether the ultimate constituents of existing things are one or many, and if many, whether a finite or an infinite plurality.

Every art and every inquiry, and likewise every action and choice, seems to aim at some good, and hence it has been beautifully said that the good is that at which all things aim.

It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.

Men were first led to the study of philosophy, as indeed they are today, by wonder.

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they?

Adam inquires concerning celestial motions, is doubtfully answered, and exhorted to search rather things more worthy of knowledge.

Asking questions is the key to understanding.

Student—"any person who studies, investigates, or examines thoughtfully.

Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.

Human beings have a voracious appetite for trying to figure things out in order to gain a sense of mastery over their lives.