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• French philosopher René Descartes described wonder as the emotion that motivates scientists to investigates phenomena.
• Socrates said that philosophy begins with wonder - wonder leads us to try to understand our world.
• Richard Dawkins portrayed wonder as the core from which sc...

Epicureanism is the philosophy that is based from the teachings of Greek philosopher Epicurus. It denotes that pleasure is the only good there is in life. Alongside it, it mentions that the absence of pain and that living a simple life are the greatest pleasures ...

Wonder is said to be a childish emotion. However, as adults, we experience it when gaping at something unexpectedly spectacular.

Adam Smith, an 18th-century moral philosopher, describes wonder as something new and singular that is presented, and memory cannot find any image that nearly res...