Aristotle's Way Of Knowing

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Aristotle claims that the natural world is essentially knowable. This is because “if the world were unknowable...it does not have the power to change anything, or affect anything outside of it.” Unaffected living things are essentially non-living. This is why sensation is a key factor in knowing. It is a living process that is self-fulfilling and self-actualizing, all felt within oneself. Various sensations and experiences can lead a person, or any object in general, to become something else. This is what allows the object or being to be knowledgeable in the world and is a change that is necessary for growth. A world that does not ever sense or experience anything is one that will never be aware of the purpose of its own existence.
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The idea of sensation guides the mind to think and to know. The mind plays a role in this interaction by abstracting the universals, principles, and essences out of the sensations. By abstracting the sensations, it helps define the true causes and understanding of it. It also allows humans and animals to remember ideas, feelings, and thoughts. While the faculty of sensation is limited since it deals with only one particular concept or thought at a time, the mind is not limited. Sensations are limited by intrinsic limits, such as the different kinds of organs (eyes, ears, noses, etc.). There is a limit on how much organs can know about the world from each individual 's perspective. On the other hand, the mind leaves particulars behind, and purify/abstract the universal. This allows the mind to arrive at a clear, purified, universal concept that explains all particulars. An example that can be used to apply these concepts is the sensation of experiencing a heartbreak. It is through the senses that the person is feeling a heartbreak, which will cause him/her to think about the joyful and/or unhappy times spent together. These are some of the thoughts that can be transformed from the occurrence of the heartbreak. The sensation is only limited by the feeling of the heart aching, while it is the mind that brings everything into together in an apparent manner. The individual may contemplate on what to do next, deciding on what the right step is, whether to just move on or try to reconcile the relationship. This action can be reflected back on the individual 's personal experiences and the mind is what allows human beings, as well as other animals, to remember things. From this example, it can be seen that the substance of the sensation felt works hand in hand with the substance of the

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