![]() ![]() I argue, on the contrary, that Aristotle primarily intends in the Metaphysics to provoke his audience to question their intentions in pursuing the knowledge of causes the work purports to demonstrate. The existence of the Metaphysics threatens this interpretation of Aristotle, however, because it seems to be an account of being-it implies, therefore, that Aristotle thinks we can attain wisdom, and not merely seek it. Political philosophy, as the search for the best regime, is not programmatic, therefore, but critical insofar as it shows us the flaws in any regime. Recently, however, many have suggested that Aristotle and Plato agree more than they disagree-in particular, they agree that philosophy is a continuous search rather than a systematic construction. ![]() ![]() Some see Plato as an idealist and Aristotle as a realist others see philosophy for Plato as essentially knowledge of ignorance, whereas for Aristotle philosophy is a system whereby we achieve systematic knowledge of the world. Most scholars of Aristotle see him as disagreeing fundamentally with Plato on the character of philosophy and what philosophy can and should achieve. ![]()
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