It's not normal to want to understand everything

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‘What good is much discussion of involved and obscure matters when our ignorance of them
will not be held against us on Judgment Day? Neglect of things which are profitable and necessary
and undue concern with those which are irrelevant and harmful, are great folly.’ - The Imitation of Christ
 
Edward_H said:
As the articles I posted substantiate, it is a vice, classically understood.
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My article was written by a Catholic Answers Staff Apologist, I trust them over your cherry picked sources.
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It is interesting to see how hard some people want to hold on to their hobby horse curiosity.
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Matthew 7:1

“Do not judge, or you too will be judged”
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Fanning “curiosity” in children has led to today’s epidemic in attention span.
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Ah, another unsubstantiated opinion.
Edward_H said:
No mastery of topics, just cursory understanding and an over abudance of self esteem. Esteem, without deep competence.
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Do you see yourself as better?
 
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I’ll go with Aquinas.

And no need to turn this personal.
 
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And that’s the precise defect of thinking that “curious” people have: they undercut their own arguments at every turn. They take specific personal offense over a generalization. They whipsaw themselves into a lather. They don’t calmly think through their own arguments because their intellect has been enslaved by their emotions.
 
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I heartily disagree with your characterization of people. It does nothing for your cause. You’re coming off in this Thread as very smug. I would suggest that you look at yourself first before making fallacious generalizations.
 
I presented the traditional or classical description of curiosity, rounding it with an explanation of virtues and opposing vices.

You presented a short blurb from CAF, in addition to a personal attack or slur.

And you say that I am not coming off well in this discussion? Fitting.

I’ll now point out that being concerned with “how one comes off” is classically known as vanity, another vice, one that I don’t suffer from.
 
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Edward_H said:
You presented a short blurb from CAF, in addition to a personal attack or slur.
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I presented the truth.
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I’ll now point out that being concerned with “how one comes off” is classically known as vanity, another vice.
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Concern about how your words will be interpreted and how you’ll be judged by them isn’t vanity. It’s called tactfulness.
 
Tactfullness wasn’t in your slur to me, now deleted, was it?

Prettying things up is another sign of vanity. Strike 2.
 
That wasn’t a slur. I found your generalizations broad and fallacious. So, I stated that I took exception to your defamation of an entire generation.
 
Swing and a miss.

Read some harder going material on the virtues if the attention span and humility can hold. Or you can stick to Catholic lite.
 
Maybe you should be more concerned about how you come off to others. It isnt vanity to be polite or to avoid pompous declarations and rash generalizations. It isnt vanity to not treat others as your intellectual inferior.
 
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Dismissing the great work of Aquinas, or Aristotle in regard to the virtues is arrogance and an offense against truth.

Are you joining that mistake?
 
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Edward_H said:
Read some harder going material on the virtues if the attention span and humility can hold. Or you can stick to Catholic lite.
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I feel quite content with the work of Catholic Answers and I don’t need to lord my reading material over others to have confidence. Catholic Answers quoted Aquinas and it’s a shame you’d call them “Catholic Lite”.
 
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Dismissing the great work of Aquinas, or Aristotle in regard to the virtues is arrogance and an offense against truth.
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I’m not saying that they’re wrong; however, They are not infallible.

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Is Aquinas's Masterwork Infallible?

St. Thomas would be the first to assert that neither he nor any of his works, including the Summa Theologica, is infallible. Read more here.
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I have no issue with Aquinas’s teaching that not all curosity is good. For example, unhealthy curiosity into the private affairs of your neighbor. My issue, if you read what i wrote, was the way you consistently talk down to others.
 
Aquinas is a saint and doctor of the Church. His work and scholarship are unparalleled.

He knows more about the virtues than any CAF writer, let alone a CAF reader using a search tool. I can’t believe we’re having this conversation.

It only adds weight to my contention. Please keep it up.
 
You missed the point.

Aquinas didn’t say that “not all curiosity is good”. He said curiosity is a vice, opposing studiosity.

You’ve so swallowed the secular definition that you can’t see outside of it.

“Interest and attentiveness” are neutral, they could be insufficient, perfect, or excessive.

Studiosity is when our attention takes us to the perfect truth or good in a matter. Curiosity is an excess of interest or a desire to know all things, or a labile attention span unable to serve the acquisition of the truth of a matter.
 
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Swing and a miss.

Read some harder going material on the virtues if the attention span and humility can hold. Or you can stick to Catholic lite.
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You’ve been racking up a sackfull of vices in this thread. Just saying is all.
 
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