Aristotle aimed to find the most general principles
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Expressing ideas in their most general form makes them truer than intended 1 0 2The genus signifies indeterminately the whole that is in the species and does not signify matter alone 1 0 2The universality of the form does not arise from the existence the form has in the intellect but rather from its relation to things as a likeness of such things 1 0 2Human nature, considered absolutely, is properly predicated of Socrates 1 0 2Everything that pertains to a thing either is caused by the principles of its own nature or comes from some extrinsic principle 1 0 2Accidents are caused by the essential principles of a thing according to its perfect act or result from an aptitude in the substance 1 0 2The universal intentions of logic are found in substances, accidents, composite substances, and simple ones 1 0 2Information can reveal aspects of the world, including the principles that determine what will exist and what will not exist 1 0 2Aristotle's metaphysics was largely a failed experiment with few ideas worth keeping 0 0 2Aristotle aimed to discover the most general truths in the Metaphysics 1 0 2