It took little time before seekers after knowledge began to drift her way.
"You're a brave boy to ask after forbidden knowledge, so you deserve some sort of answer."
For a writer, the question raised by West's life might be: after such knowledge, what composition?
"People feel estranged from political candidates, and they hunger after knowledge about them," he said.
So that syllogism comes after knowledge, and then a man has little or no need of it.
The reaching after knowledge becomes a purpose that bears no relationship to reality.
She seemed to be quite an alert person who liked to seek after knowledge.
"Is it the quest after knowledge that's making them torture the man!"
If you don't look after knowledge, it goes away.
But there could be no friendships in that frantic chase after knowledge.