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The first impulse to gather facts--that is, to know--was the first step taken by primitive men out of their backwardness towards science. The first impulse to explain those facts--that is, to know, understand, and complete--was the first step taken towards metaphysics.

-- Notebooks Category 7: The Intellect > Chapter 3 : The Development of Intellect > # 89