"Faculty of Wonder" - Sam

Why are you starting a blog Sam & Ali?

Well, heroic follower, our reason is simply this: http://sophiesrabbit.blogspot.com/.

That is our inspiration; a blog written by an old school friend of Sam’s - Sophie Gledhill. Without meaning to, we stumbled across it and have since read every eloquent and inquisitive word on the page.

The thought that resonates most with us is where she mentions Jostein Gaarder’s definition of a philosopher as, “somebody who retains the 'faculty of wonder' with which they were born, somebody who never becomes willing to sit back and accept the world at face value.”

With that, Sam & Ali would like to attempt to become Gaarder’s philosophers, and retain that ‘faculty of wonder’ for new experiences. We will explore thoughts and inquisitions that cross our minds, as well as describing key events that occur along the way.

And with that, our blog is alive.