Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

μάλα γὰρ φιλοσόφου τοῦτο τὸ πάθος, τὸ θαυμάζειν: οὐ γὰρ ἄλλη ἀρχὴ φιλοσοφίας ἢ αὕτη.

Socrates

Quoted in Theaetetus, by Plato

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Plato. Theatetus. c. 400 B. C., l. 155d.