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no curiosity is killing homo sapiens
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Accountancy SA
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June 1, 2008
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Copyright informationCopyright South African Institute of Chartered Accountants Jun 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Don't you just love the expression: "Curiosity killed the cat"?
It is a phrase that we have heard so many times, especially as a child, trying to learn about things and maybe even trying to understand life a little better. As children we were told that curiosity killed the cat. What on earth does this mean?
My first search for the definition was in the English dictionary of my primary school classroom and this is what I found:
1. The desire to learn or know about anything - inquisitiveness"
2. "A desire to learn or know about things that do not concern one - nosiness"
The first definition was a positive affirming definition. The second was a negative condemning definition. The second ...
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