http://www.cynthiajeub.com/2013/10/21/chesterton-children-and-the-death-of-curiosity/ Insights on Epic Living Thu, 24 Oct 2013 04:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 http://www.cynthiajeub.com/2013/10/21/chesterton-children-and-the-death-of-curiosity/#comment-868 Joel M Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:01:00 +0000 http://www.cynthiajeub.com/?p=2628#comment-868 This sort of reminds me of the reaction I see so often when someone is presented with something impressive. “They have way too much time on their hands.” As if there’s not only this ability to find something unimpressive without examining it, but also this mandate to, having examined something impressive, dismiss it on the grounds that it impresses.

]]> http://www.cynthiajeub.com/2013/10/21/chesterton-children-and-the-death-of-curiosity/#comment-867 Annie Tue, 22 Oct 2013 02:33:00 +0000 http://www.cynthiajeub.com/?p=2628#comment-867 Reminds me of the quote from the Fourth Doctor. “Well, of course I’m being childish! There’s no point being grown-up if you can’t be childish sometimes.”

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