ABSTRACT
Despite its technical pedigree, Aristotle’s conception of human nature seems also to have a personal implication. If he thinks that all humans by nature desire to know, then he trivially also thinks that he himself by nature desires to know. About that he is surely correct: Aristotle manifests in a pronounced and uncommon way the nature he ascribes to everyone. Indeed, so great is his thirst for human knowledge that it is tempting to assume that he bases his conception of human nature in large measure on his own selfconception. For Aristotle was a man almost maniacally engaged in the pursuit of human wisdom in all its forms.
