Book 1 Synopsis: Aristotle explains that all humans seek to know, and the proof is in our love of sight. Wisdom is the knowledge of seeking the causes of things. This knowledge came only after man had a surplus of time outside of utility to ponder the world. Wise men are able to understand difficult topics (like this) AND explain them as if a baby could understand it. Those who are wise are to be obeyed while those who do not understand the causes of things are to obey and labor. Aristotle explains that the ancients have great hypotheses, but ultimately weak explanations of the causes of existence. He explains and counter argues Pythagoras (life is all numbers), Plato (life is the Forms), and other pre-Socratic/Italian philosophers. Their explanations are too vague and not direct enough to define the causes...
Book 2 Pt 1: "The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, we do not collectively fail, but every one says something true about the nature of things, and while individually we contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed. Therefore, since the truth seems to be like the proverbial door, which no one can fail to hit, in this respect it must be easy, but the fact that we can have a whole truth and not the particular part we aim at shows the difficulty of it." Aristotle. Metaphysics
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Book 1 Synopsis: Aristotle explains that all humans seek to know, and the proof is in our love of sight. Wisdom is the knowledge of seeking the causes of things. This knowledge came only after man had a surplus of time outside of utility to ponder the world. Wise men are able to understand difficult topics (like this) AND explain them as if a baby could understand it. Those who are wise are to be obeyed while those who do not understand the causes of things are to obey and labor.
Aristotle explains that the ancients have great hypotheses, but ultimately weak explanations of the causes of existence. He explains and counter argues Pythagoras (life is all numbers), Plato (life is the Forms), and other pre-Socratic/Italian philosophers. Their explanations are too vague and not direct enough to define the causes...
Book 2 Pt 1: "The investigation of the truth is in one way hard, in another easy. An indication of this is found in the fact that no one is able to attain the truth adequately, while, on the other hand, we do not collectively fail, but every one says something true about the nature of things, and while individually we contribute little or nothing to the truth, by the union of all a considerable amount is amassed. Therefore, since the truth seems to be like the proverbial door, which no one can fail to hit, in this respect it must be easy, but the fact that we can have a whole truth and not the particular part we aim at shows the difficulty of it."
Aristotle. Metaphysics
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