Sunday, June 12, 2022
Curiosity
Dio Cassius 76.13.2 (on Severus; tr. Earnest Cary):
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He inquired into everything, including things that were very carefully hidden; for he was the kind of person to leave nothing, either human or divine, uninvestigated.Related post: Aimless Incursions into Knowledge.
καὶ ἐπολυπραγμόνησε πάντα καὶ τὰ πάνυ κεκρυμμένα· ἦν γὰρ οἷος μηδὲν μήτε ἀνθρώπινον μήτε θεῖον ἀδιερεύνητον καταλιπεῖν.