Metaphysical
adjective
Related to things that are beyond what we understand with our senses.
The book discusses metaphysical themes of life after death.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical concepts
- metaphysical realities
adjective
Related to the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, potentiality and actuality.
He studied metaphysical philosophy at the university.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical philosophy
- metaphysical questions
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Academic
adjective
Highly abstract and theoretical, far from the physical or concrete reality.
This is a metaphysical debate that does not generate practical solutions.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical debate
- metaphysical discussion
adjective
Pertaining to the poetry of an early 17th-century group of British poets, including John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell, who used extensive metaphors and turns of speech.
Metaphysical poets combined intellect and emotion in their works.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical poets
- metaphysical poetry
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Literary
adjective
Related to things that are beyond what we understand with our senses.
The book discusses metaphysical themes of life after death.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical concepts
- metaphysical realities
adjective
Related to the fundamental nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, potentiality and actuality.
He studied metaphysical philosophy at the university.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical philosophy
- metaphysical questions
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Highly abstract and theoretical, far from the physical or concrete reality.
This is a metaphysical debate that does not generate practical solutions.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical debate
- metaphysical discussion
adjective
Pertaining to the poetry of an early 17th-century group of British poets, including John Donne, George Herbert, and Andrew Marvell, who used extensive metaphors and turns of speech.
Metaphysical poets combined intellect and emotion in their works.
Often appears as...
- metaphysical poets
- metaphysical poetry
Usage tips
Literary
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Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Senses
Used when discussing concepts that extend beyond the physical world and our sensory experiences.
Her interest in metaphysical phenomena led her to study astrology.
Pro Tip 2/2Spiritual Context
Often found in texts dealing with spirituality and questions about existence beyond life.
Monks meditate to explore metaphysical states of being.
Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Senses
Used when discussing concepts that extend beyond the physical world and our sensory experiences.
Her interest in metaphysical phenomena led her to study astrology.
Pro Tip 2/2Spiritual Context
Often found in texts dealing with spirituality and questions about existence beyond life.
Monks meditate to explore metaphysical states of being.
Pro Tip 1/2Beyond Senses
Used when discussing concepts that extend beyond the physical world and our sensory experiences.
Her interest in metaphysical phenomena led her to study astrology.
Pro Tip 2/2Spiritual Context
Often found in texts dealing with spirituality and questions about existence beyond life.
Monks meditate to explore metaphysical states of being.
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
I've got this experience, I'm in the world. I can't be just a bunch of cells." Well, people used to believe there was a life force to be living, and we now know that's really not true at all. And there's really no evidence, other than that people just disbelieve that cells can do what they do. So some people have fallen into the pit of metaphysical dualism,
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Praising slowness - Carl...
it up I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension that speed becomes a way of rolling ourselves off from the bigger deeper questions we fill our heads with distraction with busyness so that we don't have to ask am i well am i happy are my children growing up right are politicians making good decisions on my behalf
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Carl Honore: In praise...
But why is it so hard to slow down? I think there are various reasons. One is that speed is fun, you know, speed is sexy. It's all that adrenaline rush. It's hard to give it up. I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension -- that speed becomes a way of walling ourselves off from the bigger, deeper questions.
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Distorting Madonna in...
Christianity offered a metaphysical beauty of virtue and an eternal heaven that could not be destroyed as Rome had. After the fall of Rome, early medieval theologians turned away from physical beauty, rejecting it in favor of inner-beauty. They maintained that while the physical world was temporary,
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What is consciousness? -...
Our certainty that we have a metaphysical, subjective experience may come from one of the brain’s models, a cut-corner description of what it means to process information in a focused and deep manner. Scientists have already begun trying to figure out how the brain creates that self model.
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Why does the universe...
and at this point they tend to go metaphysical, say, well, maybe the set of laws that describes our universe, it's just one set of laws and it describes one part of reality, but maybe every consistent set of laws describes another part of reality,
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Gastronomy and the...
something metaphysical I figure it has the power to transcend difference and work its magic so our theme today here is dream I can't think of a bigger dream than dr. King's vision of the table of brotherhood and it's not a metaphor I've
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Egypt Wants Treasures...
the ground with a neon sign on it saying I'm important by the way it took work it took knowledge and that I think has to translate into some sense of of at least metaphysical ownership what if just say if you know Egyptians had invaded
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The passing of time,...
Time is this extraordinary thing that we never can really wrap our heads around. But in a very unique and special way, I believe these photographs begin to put a face on time. They embody a new metaphysical visual reality.
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Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty...
So we don't have to assume these principles as separate metaphysical postulates. They follow from the fundamental theory.
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Jeff Hawkins: How brain...
I've got this experience, I'm in the world. I can't be just a bunch of cells." Well, people used to believe there was a life force to be living, and we now know that's really not true at all. And there's really no evidence, other than that people just disbelieve that cells can do what they do. So some people have fallen into the pit of metaphysical dualism,
Video examples
Praising slowness - Carl...
it up I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension that speed becomes a way of rolling ourselves off from the bigger deeper questions we fill our heads with distraction with busyness so that we don't have to ask am i well am i happy are my children growing up right are politicians making good decisions on my behalf
Video examples
Carl Honore: In praise...
But why is it so hard to slow down? I think there are various reasons. One is that speed is fun, you know, speed is sexy. It's all that adrenaline rush. It's hard to give it up. I think there's a kind of metaphysical dimension -- that speed becomes a way of walling ourselves off from the bigger, deeper questions.
Video examples
Distorting Madonna in...
Christianity offered a metaphysical beauty of virtue and an eternal heaven that could not be destroyed as Rome had. After the fall of Rome, early medieval theologians turned away from physical beauty, rejecting it in favor of inner-beauty. They maintained that while the physical world was temporary,
Video examples
What is consciousness? -...
Our certainty that we have a metaphysical, subjective experience may come from one of the brain’s models, a cut-corner description of what it means to process information in a focused and deep manner. Scientists have already begun trying to figure out how the brain creates that self model.
Video examples
Why does the universe...
and at this point they tend to go metaphysical, say, well, maybe the set of laws that describes our universe, it's just one set of laws and it describes one part of reality, but maybe every consistent set of laws describes another part of reality,
Video examples
Gastronomy and the...
something metaphysical I figure it has the power to transcend difference and work its magic so our theme today here is dream I can't think of a bigger dream than dr. King's vision of the table of brotherhood and it's not a metaphor I've
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Egypt Wants Treasures...
the ground with a neon sign on it saying I'm important by the way it took work it took knowledge and that I think has to translate into some sense of of at least metaphysical ownership what if just say if you know Egyptians had invaded
Video examples
The passing of time,...
Time is this extraordinary thing that we never can really wrap our heads around. But in a very unique and special way, I believe these photographs begin to put a face on time. They embody a new metaphysical visual reality.
Video examples
Murray Gell-Mann: Beauty...
So we don't have to assume these principles as separate metaphysical postulates. They follow from the fundamental theory.
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Mike Huckabee
American Politician
Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.
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Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian Scientist
My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
What's so interesting to me about history is - what's interesting to anyone - is how humans are the same. Their belief systems were so different. They had different metaphysical truths than we do. And yet we're the same.
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Simon Conway Morris
British Scientist
Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.
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Tim Allen
American Comedian
The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
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Neale Donald Walsch
American Author
I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life.
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Arthur Koestler
Hungarian Novelist
One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.
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Alyssa Milano
American Actress
I think we're in the time when the metaphysical world is so interesting.
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Mike Huckabee
American Politician
Prayer's important, not just as some kind of a metaphysical exercise, but I think it's a way to refresh one's own mind and motive. If you're praying, you're really looking beyond your own personal thoughts and the pressures that are around you.
Quote examples
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Indian Scientist
My mother was religious; she was knowledgeable about mythology and scriptures; she could tell the metaphysical nuances and make the story come to life with their deeper significance. The current generation is missing out on this.
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Robert Eggers
American Director
What's so interesting to me about history is - what's interesting to anyone - is how humans are the same. Their belief systems were so different. They had different metaphysical truths than we do. And yet we're the same.
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Simon Conway Morris
British Scientist
Evolution is true, it happens, it is the way the world is, and we too are one of its products. This does not mean that evolution does not have metaphysical implications; I remain convinced that this is the case.
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Tim Allen
American Comedian
The world's a mean place. It's unfair, then it's fair. It's hateful, then it's loving. It's a very peculiar place on philosophical and metaphysical and religious levels.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest.
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Aldous Huxley
English Novelist
From their experience or from the recorded experience of others (history), men learn only what their passions and their metaphysical prejudices allow them to learn.
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Neale Donald Walsch
American Author
I think in metaphysical terms, I would call that increasing the speed of the vibration of life.
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Arthur Koestler
Hungarian Novelist
One may not regard the world as a sort of metaphysical brothel for emotions.
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Alyssa Milano
American Actress
I think we're in the time when the metaphysical world is so interesting.
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