1 - Objectives

Summary

In this chapter I argue that Aristotle is seeking, in the De Anima, to explain why it is in human nature to know beings (all beings). The argument rests in part on how Aristotle introduces his agenda and in part on a criticism he makes of his predecessors. I also discuss various qualifications that must be made to that introduction and that criticism in order to bring them in line with Aristotle’s considered views.