Ah, the nature of human nature. You have to understand human nature before one goes about constructing a political regime, or else it's doomed to fail.


There are three major problem areas in philosophy, and they should be answered in said order: First, there is the problem of knowledge, which consists of what is there, and how can I know; Secondly, there is the problem of conduct, which consists of what type of being am I and what type of life is right for me; Lastly, there is the problem of governance, should I govern or be governed.


Metaphysics belongs in the first category of the problem of knowledge. It deals with ontology (the study of being). Aristotle was the one who coined the term, or at least his translators did in latin. Do minds exist? Is poetry grounded in the viscera? Are we merely physical entities? Does beauty exist without a percipient? Questions that keep me up at night.