WordNet
n. curiosity that motivates investigation and study [syn: lust for learning, thirst for knowledge]
Usage examples of "desire to know".
So we do need to desire to know what is right and what is wrong, seek after understanding, and it will be given to us.
It is my profession and my desire to know, I want to understand people in particular, so I want to learn history.
There are some who walk not sincerely before me, but being led by curiosity and pride, they desire to know my secret things and to understand the deep things of God, whilst they neglect themselves and their salvation.
Curiosity, the overwhelming desire to know, is not characteristic of dead matter.
But beyond this, initiation into the magnificent world of science brings great esthetic satisfaction, inspiration to youth, fulfillment of the desire to know, and a deeper appreciation of the wonderful potentialities and achievements of the human mind.
Inevitably the desire to know leads on to less limited and more complex activities.
Lydgate, I should desire to know the truth without reservation, and I appeal to you for an exact statement of your conclusions: I request it as a friendly service.