In Physics Book 1.1, Aristotle highlights the progression of knowledge, saying: “What are first obvious and certain to us are rather confused, and from these, the elements and principles become known later by dividing them." All knowledge progresses from a broad scope towards more precise knowledge. This progression is visible when a child is learning. When a child sees a tree, he cannot differentiate one tree from another. Gradually, the child begins to tell the difference between species. Over time, the child will be able to take a minute detail of any tree and discern from that detail what species the tree is, and what that specific part of the tree contributes to its whole. Thus the knowledge naturally proceeds from a general, but more
