Cunc-
In other words, it's not curiosity, its knowledge
generation.
What is knowledge? Hobbes does not refer to written knowledge
specifically. I'm sure you will find plenty of people (including myself)
who would argue for quite a bit of "knowledge generation" in the animal
kingdom.
This discussions leads us nowhere, though -- I'm not trying to make a
substantial point regarding whether Hobbes is right or wrong, I'm trying
to show that people may disagree with what he had to say, and that it is
therefore POV.
Regards,
Erik