But that is unprofitable speculation; for we cannot hope to know Aristotle as we may know Albert Einstein or Bertrand Russell - he lived too long ago, One thing, however, can be said with certainty: Aristotle was driven throughout his life by a single overmastering desire - the desire for knowledge. His whole career and his every activity testify to the fact that he was) concerned before all else to promote the discovery of truth and to increase the sum of human knowledge.
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