Single Idea 549

[catalogued under 1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy]

Full Idea

All men begin to philosophise from wonder, for example at the changes of the sun, or the incommensurability of the diameter (pi)

Gist of Idea

All philosophy begins from wonder, either at the physical world, or at ideas

Source

Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0983a14)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.10


A Reaction

If it doesn't begin with wonder, what does it begin with?

Related Idea

Idea 20739 Levinas took 'first philosophy' to begin with seeing the vulnerable faces of others [Levinas, by Aho]