A Table of the Springs of Action

Jeremy Bentham

No. VI. PLEASURES and PAINS,
—of Curiosity.
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Corresponding Interest, Interest of the SPYING-GLASS.
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Corresponding MOTIVES—with Names,

 —I. Neutral: viz.

1. Curiosity.
2. Inquisitiveness.

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3. Love of novelty.
4. Love of experiment.
5. Desire of information.

 —II. Eulogistic:
viz.

Single-worded, none.

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Many-worded,
1. Love, desire, appetite, thirst, rage, passion—for knowledge, learning, instruction, literature, science; useful information; the arts, &c.
2. Laudable curiosity.

—III. Dyslogistic: viz.

1. Inquisitiveness.
2. Pryingness.
3. Impertinence.
4. Meddlesomeness.

5. Idle, vain, busy, prying, impertinent—curiosity, inquisitiveness.

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