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Metaphysics — Aristotle (trans. W. D. Ross)

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All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses.Metaphysics, Book I.1 (980a), trans. W. D. Ross

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1059* 29-34, cf. 997 25-34 34-38, cf. 996" 21 —-P 1 30 14, cf. 997% 34 — 998" 19

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1059 21 — 1060 I, cf. 9988 20— 999% 23 1060° 3=27, cf. 999%

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1060% 27-36, cf. 1000% 5 — 1001% 3 36-109, cf. oor? 4 — 1oo2) II

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