The phrase "acquiring knowledge for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the purpose or goal of gaining knowledge in a specific context or for a particular reason.
Example: "She is acquiring knowledge for her upcoming research project on climate change."
Alternatives: "gaining knowledge for" or "learning for".
Of course it's not about acquiring knowledge for knowledge's sake.
"It's not just acquiring knowledge for the sake of knowledge; there is a practical application," notes Rebecca Crallan who worked at the Department of Biology at the University of York and with the pharmaceutical firm GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
The medieval sense of "curiosity" as that "morally excessive and suspect interest in observing the world, seeking novel experiences, or acquiring knowledge for its own sake"(Zacher 4) began to be contested in the first half of the seventeenth century, when curiosity began its rehabilitation as impetus to the pursuit of useful knowledge (Harrison 279 82).
It saves me from having to invest time acquiring knowledge for which I will have no further use.
The use of telecommunication facilities for acquiring knowledge for evidence based medicine does not appear to parallel the growth of this sector in Pakistan.
This enabled us to analyse the effects of cropping practices on each of these stages in order to acquire knowledge for the prediction of phomopsis stem canker severity on sunflower.
Rather their twin desires are often to acquire knowledge for knowledge's sake and to do good for the world.
If it is part of human nature to acquire knowledge, for example, then a perfectionist should claim that knowledge is a constituent of well-being.
In the early centuries of Christianity, Christians studied science and natural philosophy only to the extent that these subjects proved useful for a better understanding of the Christian faith, not to acquire knowledge for its own sake.
