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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Experience First (and reply)' and 'The Definition of Good'

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12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 4. Pro-Empiricism

543	All men long to understand, as shown by their delight in the senses [Aristotle]
	Full Idea: By nature, all men long to understand [eidenai]; an indication is their delight in the senses.
	From: Aristotle (Metaphysics [c.324 BCE], 0980a21)
	A reaction: See Idea 8331 and Idea 12038 to understand what this means. I take it to support the thesis that the aim of philosophy is explanations (at a higher level of generality than the sciences).