deductive or inductive

I think that when Aristotle said: “contemplation is the greatest good”, he was just praising himself. We all know that Aristotle was a Greek philosopher, during the flourishment of the Greek empire. During this period the Greek philosophers saw themselves as superior people. Look for instance at the book of Plato, another Greek philosopher Therefore I think that Aristotle meant that people first have to think, before they say something. What he as a philosopher did of course. However he was probably, in his eyes, the minority. Most people just act on intuition. This event is still going on, despite the effort of our teachers and parents, who teach you when start having your first proper conversation that you have to think before you say something. I agree with his statement that contemplation is a great good, however I do not see a correlation between the statement of Aristotle and “cogitio ergo sum” the statement of Descartes. Cogito ergo sum is Latin for: “I think therefore I exist”. By this sentence you can conclude that Descartes was sure that he exists, because he thinks. Aristotle agrees with him that thinking is a very important skill, however not until the same extend of Descartes. As far as I know Aristotle ones said: “the only thing that I know is that I know nothing”. This sentence tells me that Aristotle would not have agreed with the fact that when you think you live.