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Position:Home>Philosophy> What would be a philosopher's responce to "curiosity killed the cat&quoQuestion: What would be a philosopher's responce to "curiosity killed the cat"!? I hear philosophers are very curious people!.Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: "Curiosity killed the cat, but where human beings are concerned, the only thing a healthy curiosity can kill is ignorance"!. :-) :-)Www@QuestionHome@Com If curiosity is intrinsic as a conditional quality of being a cat, then to not be curious would also in effect kill the cat!. If it is not curious then it is not a cat!. What also killed the cat was to not be curious!. Further if the a state of being curious is a fundamental quality of being a cat then it does not harm the condition of cat hood!. Instead only a smaller percentage of specific circumstances where curiosity leads death makes that quality terminal and a detriment!. But curiosity insures the survival of the cat in most circumstances experienced by a typical member of said class!. Curiosity killed the cat, but it does not mean that curiosity will always kill the cat!.Www@QuestionHome@Com poor cat :( nobody have moral wright to do that to that cute being, why not to something that is going to be eaten like a cow or some numerous parasite like a rat or a lawyer!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Probably that it wasnt curiosity as much as it was the truck that ran over it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Personally I like a favorite author of mines response to this "and satisfaction brought it back"Www@QuestionHome@Com Satisfaction brought him back! :-PWww@QuestionHome@Com Nothing ventured, nothing gained!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Nothing ventured, nothing gained!"Www@QuestionHome@Com !.!.!.to amuse one self let curiosity tease you mind!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com the cat shouldn't have been looking down the barrel of a loaded gun!. !.!.!. steve really hates cats everyone knows thatWww@QuestionHome@Com Be careful for which you seek, you just might find it!. Somethings are better left unknown!.Www@QuestionHome@Com no response!. not a philosophical issue!.Www@QuestionHome@Com "Let's hope it wasn't Schrodinger's cat!"Www@QuestionHome@Com without some loses nothing could be gained (i resent this question: look at my screename)Www@QuestionHome@Com |