Find the Positive

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“What’s the word for someone who loves to learn? ” Polymath! Actually, according to this Knowledge Lover article, there are a few words for someone who constantly strives to answer the “how’s” and “why’s” of the world. /Autodidact/, /Philomath/, /Epistemophilic/, are just a few of the f(ph)ancy sounding words with “ph” in them that can describe someone who digs knowledge. Pretty much the opposite of the “I am so smart! ” chanting Homer Simpson.

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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (/ˈheɪɡəl/; German: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈheːɡl̩]; 27 August 1770 – 14 November 1831) was a German philosopher. He is one of the most important figures in German idealism and one of the founding figures of modern Western philosophy. His influence extends across the entire range of contemporary philosophical topics, from metaphysical issues in epistemology and ontology, to political philosophy, the philosophy of history, philosophy of art, philosophy of religion, and the history of philosophy.