Talk:Leviathan/The First Part

logo connection
Trivium: chapter 6 contains a quote which, when distorted by a fisheye lens effect, became one of the first Wikipedia logos: Desire to know why, and how, curiosity; such as is in no living creature but man: so that man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but also by this singular passion from other animals; in whom the appetite of food, and other pleasures of sense, by predominance, take away the care of knowing causes; which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure. Given that Bomis was what funded Nupedia and then Wikipedia, and that was all about carnal pleasures, I find the quote contextually interesting. Arlo Barnes (talk) 00:28, 23 January 2019 (UTC)