`I was only talking about the intro.  I agree it might be unconvincing when I just say its condescending  without explanation.  What I mean is that it the article sounds like it is addressed to a child.  Most people already have an idea of philosophy and may even have a better idea of it that is given by this intro.  So rather than give a misleading and clichéd description of philosophy as ``human curiosity`` or when humans first began to yawn, etc., better just direct them straight away to more info and details about how it is practiced today.  Your word wonder is better, but miracle or marvel or something more affecting like anxiety are also as much a part of the picture.  The Greek bias in the into was obvious, Greek is Western and anyhow there are large articles on both Western Philosophy and Greek Philosophy.  Whats this about rules of style ?  I never break rules especially when they are not written in stone.    `