"All men by nature desire to know." Aristotle

Thinker108 · #1 20-09-2011, 04:25 AM

"All men by nature desire to know."
Aristotle

What do you all think about this statement? If we want to by nature, there should be a source of knowledge. What do you all think about this source?

psychoslice · #2 20-09-2011, 05:21 AM

I think all men and women by nature want to know themselves, but they try to find it in all sorts of silly ways, religion, money, sex, sports, and about 6 million other ways, the only true way is to find it from within, whatever is true to you, not someone else's truth that is true to them.

Xan · #3 21-09-2011, 01:29 AM

There is one source of existence, and all people long to know that for themselves.

The fact that we've forgotten is the real mystery, but now is the time when many are returning to knowing.

Xan

#4 21-09-2011, 02:40 AM

Greetings..

There is just the 'curiosity'.. consciousness is curious, 'What AM I'? Source is curious, 'What AM I'? each of us are curious, 'What AM I'? and, we/us/Life are the answer to those questions through the relationships we experience..

Be well..

Silver · #5 21-09-2011, 02:52 AM

Doesn't that quote mean man desires knowledge as a road to power? Is the quote taken from a larger body of work? What is the context?

#6 21-09-2011, 03:20 AM

Greetings..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinker108

"All men by nature desire to know."
Aristotle

What do you all think about this statement? If we want to by nature, there should be a source of knowledge. What do you all think about this source?

Knowledge is born of experience.. and as such, experience is the 'source', confined only by our self-imposed limitations.. unconditional sincerity and uninhibited gusto for Life will breed a wealth of experiences, and from that a knowing is born..

Be well..

#7 21-09-2011, 04:36 AM

I guess I see it as man wants to' know' to understand the world in which he lives. To understand his environment and how it effects him, and how he effect its, for better or for worse. Survival is based on what one knows is it not?

#8 21-09-2011, 06:06 AM

All men and woman desire to know. We are curious beings.

#9 21-09-2011, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thinker108

"All men by nature desire to know."
Aristotle

What do you all think about this statement?

I agree with the Philosopher. Even people who are anti-intellectual and seem to relish their ignorance want knowledge of some sort appealing to them. This is part of their natural function as rational beings.

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If we want to by nature, there should be a source of knowledge. What do you all think about this source?

The source is all around you, and includes you. It's the universe. The universe is the subject of knowledge.

The universe does not "contain" knowledge, however. The source of knowledge creation is the human mind.

eudaimonia,

Mark

#10 21-09-2011, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Silvergirl

Doesn't that quote mean man desires knowledge as a road to power? Is the quote taken from a larger body of work? What is the context?

No, that quote is from Aristotle's introduction to his work on Metaphysics. It is not about a "road to power" at all.

Metaphysics, Book I
All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves; and above all others the sense of sight. For not only with a view to action, but even when we are not going to do anything, we prefer seeing (one might say) to everything else. The reason is that this, most of all the senses, makes us know and brings to light many differences between things.

eudaimonia,

Mark