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Section 6 of Suárez’s first Methaphysical Dispute engages in a critical examination of the famous aristotelian formula: “All men desire to know.” This study is greatly significant as a prospective introduction for understanding the position of metaphysics as a system of knowledge. Is it possible and legitimate to consider that metaphysics, among all sciences, is the one man must desire most?Indeed, Philosophy cannot ignore the question that emerges from an understanding of the function, finality and utility of metaphysics: why do we want metaphysical knowledge? In his attempt to provide an answer, Suárez outlines the articulation between the development of knowledge and the determination of man’s being. In order to fully grasp the process through which reality is given form conceptually, it is necessary for man to confront himself in the act of knowledge. A rigorous engagement between metaphysics, anthropology and morality is thus articulated, one which the philosopher cannot avoid in order for his project to become intelligible.