Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
desiderio di sapere
English translation:
desire for knowledge
Italian term
Native in: Italian
Works in: Italian to French, French to Italian, Italian to English, and 4 more.
desiderio di sapere
in ambito filosofico posso parlare di "desire of knowledge"? O si usa un termine "diverso", più preciso...?
Contesto:
La finzione, così intesa, può pertanto svolgere un ruolo solo laddove il **desiderio di sapere** ecceda la volontà della sua comunicazione
Mille grazie a tutti quanti interverranno (e buon 2013!)
| 4 +6 | desire for knowledge |
Tom in London
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| 4 | will to knowledge |
Thomas Roberts
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| 4 | thirst for knowledge |
Michael Korovkin
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Proposed translations
United Kingdom
Architecture, design, technical, etc.
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Italian to English
desire for knowledge
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Note added at 5 mins (2012-12-31 16:18:00 GMT)
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(see Aristotle)
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Fiona Grace Peterson
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Helena Grahn
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Isabelle Johnson
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James (Jim) Davis
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philgoddard
: "Desire to know" is fine as well.
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leucippa
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Multilingual academic lawyer
Native in: English (Variant: Scottish) 
, Italian
Works in: Italian to English, German to English, French to English, and 3 more.
will to knowledge
Italy
Native in: English , Russian
Works in: Russian to English, English to Russian, Italian to Russian, and 2 more.
thirst for knowledge
Gives you an additional advantage by freeing "desire" – to be used for "volontà" later in the phrase instead of a bit preposterous "will" you'd be forced to use, having already expended the term "desire".
Like this, you could write: "...thirst for knowledge exceeds the desire to communicate it"
Discussion
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/italian_to_english/architecture/49...
As for "knowledge's desire", the idea of knowledge having desires is a bit strange, which is another reason why more context would help. Said all that Tom's answer seems the obvious one, if not simply "desire to know".