Wonder and Empowerment

Plato and Aristotle agree that philosophizing begins with Wonder, and, probably, that it ends with Knowledge.  Where they disagree is about what happens in between--Dialectics vs. Analysis, respectively.  Thus, whether they conceive Contemplation as Wonder or as Knowledge, they implicitly agree that it cannot be a self-contained experience, contrary to how Aristotle presents it.  Furthermore, each demonstrates that Wonder is the beginning of something else--Communication, i. e. written, in the case of Plato, oral, in the case of Aristotle.  Thus, Wonder also ends in the learning of another.  Hence, it is also a social act, even if it begins with a private moment.  Thus, even if instantaneous Enlightenment occurs at some phase of the process, Wonder is fundamentally an initial moment of Empowerment, as Plato and Aristotle show, even as they might articulate otherwise.