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Curiosity
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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Curiosity has been seen through the ages as the impulse that drives our knowledge forward and the temptation that leads us toward dangerous and forbidden waters. The question “Why?” has appeared under a multiplicity of guises and in vastly different contexts throughout the chapters of human history. Why does evil exist? What is beauty? How does language inform us? What defines our identity? What is our responsibility to the world? In Alberto Manguel’s most personal book to date, the author tracks his own life of curiosity through the reading that has mapped his way. Manguel chooses as his guides a selection of writers who sparked his imagination. He dedicates each chapter to a single thinker, scientist, artist, or other figure who demonstrated in a fresh way how to ask “Why?” Leading us through a full gallery of inquisitives, among them Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Lewis Carroll, Rachel Carson, Socrates, and, most importantly, Dante, Manguel affirms how deeply connected our curiosity is to the readings that most astonish us, and how essential to the soaring of our own imaginations.
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tournevis
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It took forever to finish this, on account of my brain not braining for nearly a year. I had bailed on it, but I got to the last third finally.

For me, this is a pick, BUT YMMV.

This is an academic book. It's great but so *dry*, and if you have not read Dante's Divine Comedy, this book will make no sense to you, because it's a collection of reflections on its three books.

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tournevis
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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Me in a nutshell: I read philosophy about Dante's Inferno and gay erotica. #tuesdayteaser Page 111.

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tournevis
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Hahahaha! I had forgotten that one!

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tournevis
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Good one.

CouronneDhiver Love that quote! 8y
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tournevis
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#litsypartyofone Chocolate, e-reader, and pyjamas. The boy is finally in bed. The hubby has his hockey. The world is good.

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tournevis
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Miam! Books are the food of the mind and food is always good.

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tournevis
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Oui.

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MrBook
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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#TBRtemptation post! A memoir, a book about books, a reflection on a philosophical journey, by a world-renowned author. Curiosity has driven the impulse to understand. Why does evil exist? What's beauty? How does language inform & form our identity? What is our responsibility to the world? Each chapter is devoted to a major curious thinker: Thomas Aquinas, David Hume, Rachel Carson, Lewis Carroll, etc. Reading teaches! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

TrishB Great cover 😀 8y
RealBooks4ever Love the cover! 😻 8y
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tournevis
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"I have always known that other people's words help me think."

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tournevis
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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Looky here! I'm taking another train!

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tournevis
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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Whadayano! I'm on a train again! Guess, I'll be reading for three hours. My life is so hard.

CouronneDhiver I love via rail! 8y
tournevis @CouronneDhiver So do I, but four or six times a weeks, every week, it get to be too much. Merci 8y
CouronneDhiver That IS a lot... school in one city and work in another? 8y
tournevis @CouronneDhiver Live in one city, teach in another. And yes, it's a lot. 8y
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tournevis
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I forgot my ereader (kobo) at home. I'm at uni and wont be back home until 23:45. Which means I'm sad. I don't have fics to read today and I'll be done marking this afternoon. *cries*

CouronneDhiver Noooo! 😕 8y
tournevis @CouronneDhiver I have read pretty much every thing in my office, so damn! 8y
CouronneDhiver School library? 8y
tournevis @CouronneDhiver Sure. There is a lit section. Good idea! 8y
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tournevis
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel
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Getting there! The only way is up! This place is such fun! I love being here! Woot!

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tournevis
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Day 16 of #riotgrams is #bookmarks. On the right, my current bookmarks, on the left a batch of home printed bookmarks that I give with book I gift. I gift books, almost always.

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tournevis
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Good thing I'm not reading #outside today, because snow. Actual pic from my train window. #nofilter #riotgrams

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tournevis
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Day 12 of #riotgrams is #outside. Yeah, I'm stuck on a train for 6h so that's the most outside I'll​ be today. I'll be reading. And marking. Yeah.

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tournevis
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Très utile pour mon cours...🤔

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tournevis
Curiosity | Alberto Manguel

Toutes les histoires ont un goût de "déjà lu".
???

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Tanner
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Arrived at the bf's house to find that his granddaughter (my step-granddaughter?) made me a bookmark. How adorable is that‽
[I don't feel old enough to have a step-granddaughter! She's a sweetie, though!]

Texreader Oh she rocks!! 8y
Tanner @Texreader That she does! 😊 8y
Suzze I remember making those. What a great gift! I know I can't possibly be old enough to have ANY grandkids. Let alone 7. Let alone one who us 16. 8y
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Tanner @Suzze I know, right‽ I don't even feel old enough to have kids! 8y
Smrloomis Oh so cute! 8y
Tanner @Smrloomis Thanks - it nearly brought me to tears, I thought it was so sweet. 8y
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une_abeille
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I can't really tell you what I learnt (I'm still processing the information) but I can say, it's been a long time since I've read anything as intellectually challenging and stimulating. Not to be undertaken lightly but worth the effort & commitment.

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une_abeille
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I am curious about curiosity.

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Tanner
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Woo-who, looking forward to some some bookish mail this week!

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