I found this passage interesting because it alludes to the natural human instinct to investigate things that either confuse or more accurately, scare them. Fear or "concern" as stated in the passage, is a very strong driving force for innovation, and when coupled with a desire to "grasp the limits of pain and desire" is almost an unstoppable force when it comes to study and discovery. Without this intrinsic drive to learn and overcome mental insufficiency in regards to the world, human life would be stagnant and non-changing. I just think it is a cool way to look at human motivation to learn more about the world around us.

I found this passage interesting because in my mind, it relates quite well to the discussion we had in class last Friday in regards to false philosophizing. Socrates in this passage realizes the pitfall that is false philosophy, and curbs his argument. He is willing to accept the fact that in this circumstance, there is no use in argument as the truth or individual opinions will be lost in meaningless argument. Socrates states "It is out of the range of our current thrust to attain the opinions I now hold about it". Again he is basically avoiding a pointless argument for the sake of true philosophy and pursuit of the truth. I just thought it was cool to see the principles of philosophical discussion that we talked about in class reflected in Platos Republic.