describe modern philosophers’ understanding of curiosity and compare that position to one or more ancient and medieval

describe modern philosophers’ understanding of curiosity and compare that position to one or more ancient and medieval

The class I am taking is Western Philosophy and the topic of the class is the meaning of the word “curiosity”. The question for the essay is “Using Descartes, Pascal, and Locke, first describe the early modern position on curiosity. Then compare that position either to one or more thinkers in the ancient and medieval period”. I have written an essay comparing listed modern philosophers to ancient and medieval ones such as Seneca, Plutarch, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas. I am looking for a revision of my paper or you can write a new one, up to you but the grade I have received is C, so I am looking for a grade A. The syllabus for the readings is attached below. There are assigned sections from books for each philosopher. Also, my essay is attached below. As it is stated in the description, you can compare modern philosophers to one or more ancient and medieval thinkers.

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Introduction
Curiosity is key to the practice of modern science. An inquiring mind must be curious, and one must desire to pursue the truth at all cost. Seeking some information because of curiosity must have an end otherwise the pursuit will have been in vain. In the Bible, the fall of the human generation gets attributed to interest and the moral dissatisfaction which ensues from a curious mind.
According to Aristotle one desire to know more than what is enough is a form of overindulgence(Findlen,2001).

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