Comparing Intellectual Curiosity to Greed and Inquiry

Notes

1. §18.1λίχνος εἰμὶ καὶ τὸ πεύθεσθαι — The adjective λίχνος (greedy) and the articular infinitive τὸ πεύθεσθαι (inquiring, asking) are coordinated by the conjunction καί, both serving as predicate nominatives for the copula εἰμί. By placing the action itself (inquiring) in parallel with the adjective, the construction vividly highlights the subject's insatiable curiosity as if they were identical to the act of inquiry itself.