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]