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Read & copy the quotation
“Curiosity in children is but an appetite after knowledge; and therefore ought to be encouraged in them.”
- Date
- 1693
Meaning of “Curiosity in children is but an appetite after…”
Locke treats curiosity as a natural drive toward knowledge and argues that education should protect and guide it rather than shame sincere questions.
Where does it come from?
Some Thoughts Concerning Education, Part VIII, section 118. Locke calls children's curiosity an appetite after knowledge and gives practical directions for encouraging questions. The passage remains seventeenth-century educational/parenting counsel rather than contemporary developmental-science or guaranteed learning-outcome evidence.
