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Classical Principles

Week 6 of 39 · October— this week

Andrew Kern

Wonder: The Beginning of Philosophy

Thaumázein — to be struck with wonder

Socrates said that wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Andrew Kern teaches that classical education must first cultivate the capacity to wonder — to be genuinely astonished by truth, beauty, and the mystery of things. A student who has lost wonder has lost the soul of learning itself.

Source: Circe Institute