Featured Philosophy Forum Discussion Topics. These circumstances are not always the case, and One might have a purely simple and innocent reason for having a drive to learn. Craving knowledge for the wrong reasons, such as knowledge about someone to slander or blackmail them, or to make gains for selfish reasons, could be examples of this quote coming to fruition. I do not believe that Tris' father's statement correctly represents everyone who is on a lifelong quest for knowledge. They might also think more clearly, while their minds are unclouded of selfishness, to come up with substantive solutions to problems shared by the factions alike. I believe this could be a positive idea, because one of whom is not greedy or self absorbed, might put the needs of "The People" before their own. Tris' government is run only by member's of Abnegation because of Abnegation's supposed "selflessness". Why is Tris’s government run only by members of Abnegation? Do you think this is a good idea? Do you agree with her father’s statement that “valuing knowledge above all else results in a lust for power, and that leads men into dark and empty places” (p. Medical Apartheid by Harriet A.Scott wrote:The following discussion question was included in some copies of the June book of the month, Divergent by Veronica Roth. The Accidental Salvation of Gracie Lee by Talya Tate Boerner. A Different Sort of Normal by Abigail Balfe. So You Want to Be a Wizard by Diane Duane. Every Time We Meet at the Dairy Queen, Your Whole Fucking Face Explodes by Carlton Mellick III. 
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