"A curious Barbara in the bazaar tore his nose": the meaning and meaning of the saying

When we children spied on various interesting, but not intended for the child’s eyes, parents caught us with the words: “A curious Barbara’s nose was torn off”. And we understood what that means, intuitively or consciously. In our article, we will deal with the meaning of this saying, and with whether it is bad or good to be curious.

Value

Imagine, a woman walks around the market, looks there, looks here, but she still has no money. And in one of the pushes, she lost a very important part of the body for a person. Here's a story unpleasant for her: curious Barbara in the bazaar tore off her nose.

The saying censures excessive, meaningless curiosity.

Curiosity and curiosity

In serious psychology textbooks you will not find a separation between curiosity and curiosity, but nevertheless it is very interesting.

Curiosity is the thirst for information that a person satisfies without any benefit to himself. For example, all people (both men and women, the former even more than the latter) love gossip. This is an example of pure, uncomplicated curiosity, because how to use the information that Paris Hilton has a new lover or that Ronaldinho’s boots are made using pure gold is completely unclear. Someone will ask: “Why do you need to know this? And in general: a curious Barbara in the bazaar was torn off her nose. ” In some ways Mr. Anonymous is right, but in some things he is not. We move on.

Another thing is the cases of Freud, Jung or a book on science and philosophy. We will not be very modest and say that this article is also intended for the curious. It’s still useful to know the language you speak or read. An inquisitive person does not seek information for its own sake; he has a purpose. And the proverb “curious Barbara in the bazaar tore off his nose” defames those who do not have such a goal.

True, in this sense, like almost everything in the world, knowledge is relative. Information about Paris Hilton’s lover can be useful to the scandalous journalist who writes a fresh article on a hot topic. Ronaldinho boots, or rather information about them, can serve as a sports commentator or journalist who seeks to entertain the reader or listener.

Even the most meaningless, it would seem, thing - gossip, can be the object of both curiosity and curiosity. For example, you hear at work that one man is dating a woman. At first you think that this is a simple curiosity, and then it turns out: you can use this information to move up the career ladder. Of course, this example teaches bad things, but here we are reasoning outside of moral categories. It is important for us to understand the difference between curiosity and curiosity. We think that everything is clear on this issue.

Gossip

The duty tells you, after the immoral previous section, to say that using gossip against your colleagues or subordinates is very bad and low. Try not to turn to black technology, even for a career. In general, you need to let different rumors pass by, otherwise you can lose your nose, like the heroine of the saying in question (“curious Barbara’s nose was torn off in the market”).