these examples indicate, philosophical wonderment is most appropriately understood in terms of fundamental questions about reality.4 But wonder is more than mere unfettered curiosity. It also hints at a sense of awe, astonishment, and passion regarding the object in question and a transformation of the one who asks.5 Textbooks tell us that philosophy is the love of wisdom. Plato (427–347 BC) says so himself (Republic 475b–c), and the etymology suggests as much. The Greek prefix philo- refers to love,