Towards a History of Human Curiosity: A Prolegomenon to its Medieval Phase

Richard G. Newhauser

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The complexity of medieval curiositas has not been fully appreciated by previous scholars. Above all, the varied moral implications of the concept deserve more study, for some of them still mark the image of curiosity today. I have attempted to broaden the perspectives of scholarship on this topic by focussing here primarily on curiositas as a medieval sin.

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