CONTENTS
f. 5 a 2.

HERE BEGIN THE QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST BOOK OF ARISTOTLE'S METAPHYSICS

All men by nature desire to know

original: "Omnes homines natura scire desiderant." This is the famous opening sentence of Aristotle's Metaphysics.


It is asked whether this proposition is true	1
It is asked what kind of "nature" is meant here by the word "nature"	1
It is asked, granted that "men by nature desire to know," whether this applies to "all" men	2
⟨It is asked why this proposition—which rouses a person to receive and pursue knowledge—is placed in this science rather than in any other⟩	2
It is asked whether the knowledge that is sought by all is created or uncreated "Uncreated" knowledge refers to the divine wisdom of God, while "created" knowledge refers to human understanding.	4
It is asked whether knowledge is the most noble thing that can be sought by all	5
It is asked whether the uncreated knowledge desired by all is the same as the "highest good" term: summum bonum (the ultimate goal or highest good of human life).	5

It is asked which sense is more delightful	7
It is asked whether knowledge is innate or acquired	8
It is asked whether the senses belong to animals by nature	10
It is asked whether sense-perception is the principle of knowledge	11
It is asked which sense contributes more to knowledge	11
It is asked whether memory is present in every being that has senses	13
It is asked whether memory is formed from several senses and not from just one alone	13
It is asked whether memory is the principle of knowledge	14

It is asked whether experience belongs to every animal original: "experimentum." In this context, it refers to the Aristotelian concept of "empeiria"—knowledge gained from repeated memories of the same thing.	16
It is asked whether experience is the principle of science and art	17
It is asked whether experience can be formed from a single memory	18
It is asked concerning the difference between art and experience	19
It is asked whether art is concerned with universals term: universals (general concepts or qualities that can be applied to many things, such as "humanity" or "redness").	19
It is asked whether every action deals with particulars term: particulars (individual, specific things, such as a specific person or a single red object).	20
It is asked whether wonder is present in every animal Aristotle argued that philosophy begins in "wonder" or "amazement" (admiratio).	20