There are study days, lunch-time talks and meetings with artists where the back-and-forth with festival-goers reveals a high degree ofintellectualcuriosity.
The way cultural expression traverses international boundaries and is adopted in languages and accents indigenous to each region is itself a cause ofintellectualcuriosity.
Of course, for purposes of research and intellectualcuriosity, I felt it was my duty to purchase some of these newspapersm and - I should admit - that after brushing aside my own scepticism, had a little laugh!
And with the emergence of surgery and anesthesia the detailed understanding of anatomy and physiology had become more of clinical necessity than an intellectualcuriosity.
It starts with having the humility to be self-aware of your own limitations, followed by the intellectualcuriosity to ask the right questions and actively listen to input, and concluding with the belief and optimism that something better is always possible.
Raikes acknowledged that the culture of the foundation did not have as much curiosity and questioning as he would like and said that intellectual dialogue was one of four cultural priorities on his to-do list.
IntellectualCuriosity and the Scientific Revolution is an engrossing book and I think a necessary addition to the library of any history of science buff.