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Quotation from Theaetetus by Plato

“wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder”

Plato (spoken by Socrates)

Theaetetus, Perception and Protagoras, c. 155d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892)

Theaetetus says his head swims at puzzles about size and number; Socrates welcomes the dizziness as the beginning of philosophy.

Citation: "wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder" — Plato, Theaetetus, Perception and Protagoras, c. 155d, trans. Benjamin Jowett (1892). (id plato-theaetetus-q3)

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