Suggests that matter is real and that it is separate from our perceptions. You may not see it, hear it, or feel it, but it nevertheless exists. Education cultivates the capacity to reason, which allows for proper choices. Aristotle asserted that ideas could exist without matter, but matter cannot exist without ideas.

If one understands the matter, then one will be led to understanding the idea. The idea makes it clear that the underlying question of classical realism is purpose. Aristotle also theorized the idea of free will. He realized that some people choose not to reason but encouraged humanity to seek the Golden
Mean by acquiring knowledge. He warned that failure to think might result in extremes of excess or extremes of restraint.