In Discourse on the MethodDescartes recalls, I entirely abandoned the study of letters. Resolving to seek no knowledge other than that of which could be found in myself or else in the great book of the world, I spent the rest
In Discourse on the MethodDescartes recalls, I entirely abandoned the study of letters. Resolving to seek no knowledge other than that of which could be found in myself or else in the great book of the world, I spent the rest of my youth traveling, visiting courts and armies, mixing with people of diverse temperaments and ranks, gathering various experiences, testing myself in the situations which fortune offered me, and at all times reflecting upon whatever came my way so as to derive some profit from it.
Aristotle's biology Aristotle's inductive-deductive method used inductions from observations to infer general principles, deductions from those principles to check against further observations, and more cycles of induction and deduction to continue the advance of knowledge.
The name Organon was given by Aristotle's followers, the Peripatetics.
The order of the works is not chronological the chronology is now difficult to determine but was deliberately chosen by Theophrastus to constitute a well-structured system. Categoriae introduces Aristotle's fold classification of that which exists: De Interpretatione introduces Aristotle's conception of proposition