Metaphysics
noun
The branch of philosophy that studies reality and existence.
He's studying metaphysics as part of his philosophy degree.
Often appears as...
- study of metaphysics
- metaphysics and ontology
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Academic
noun
Abstract thought or topics, as opposed to physical things.
His paintings try to express metaphysics and the deeper truths of existence.
Often appears as...
- metaphysics of truth
- metaphysics of existence
noun
The branch of philosophy that studies reality and existence.
He's studying metaphysics as part of his philosophy degree.
Often appears as...
- study of metaphysics
- metaphysics and ontology
Usage tips
Academic
noun
Abstract thought or topics, as opposed to physical things.
His paintings try to express metaphysics and the deeper truths of existence.
Often appears as...
- metaphysics of truth
- metaphysics of existence
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Physical
Metaphysics deals with abstract concepts, not tangible items.
While physics examines matter, metaphysics explores beyond the physical realm.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Questions
Metaphysics addresses fundamental questions about existence and the universe.
Philosophers turn to metaphysics for answers about the nature of reality.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Subject
Metaphysics is studied academically and may include difficult theories.
University courses on metaphysics delve into complex philosophical arguments.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Physical
Metaphysics deals with abstract concepts, not tangible items.
While physics examines matter, metaphysics explores beyond the physical realm.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Questions
Metaphysics addresses fundamental questions about existence and the universe.
Philosophers turn to metaphysics for answers about the nature of reality.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Subject
Metaphysics is studied academically and may include difficult theories.
University courses on metaphysics delve into complex philosophical arguments.
Pro Tip 1/3Not Physical
Metaphysics deals with abstract concepts, not tangible items.
While physics examines matter, metaphysics explores beyond the physical realm.
Pro Tip 2/3Big Questions
Metaphysics addresses fundamental questions about existence and the universe.
Philosophers turn to metaphysics for answers about the nature of reality.
Pro Tip 3/3Academic Subject
Metaphysics is studied academically and may include difficult theories.
University courses on metaphysics delve into complex philosophical arguments.
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Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
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Feats of such modest valor, who would suspect them to be exercises in an intimate, fierce discipline, a metaphysics of being relentlessly aware? Such understated power here,
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Bringing science to life...
bigger so do her ideas the universe it's just like my life that our cosmology the physics of give us our picture of the universe and our metaphysics how we
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Making sense of...
suggested that numbers were the building blocks of the Universe and part of this belief was that everything from cosmology and metaphysics to music and morals followed eternal rules describable as ratios of numbers.
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4 Powerful Poems about...
Feats of such modest valor, who would suspect them to be exercises in an intimate, fierce discipline, a metaphysics of being relentlessly aware? Such understated power here,
Video examples
Bringing science to life...
bigger so do her ideas the universe it's just like my life that our cosmology the physics of give us our picture of the universe and our metaphysics how we
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William Godwin
English Writer
I was famous in our college for calm and impassionate discussion; for one whole summer, I rose at five and went to bed at midnight, that I might have sufficient time for theology and metaphysics.
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Wallace Stevens
American Poet
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.
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Tanit Phoenix
South African Model
I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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John Adams
American President
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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Voltaire
French Writer
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world.
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Boris Pasternak
Russian Novelist
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
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William Godwin
English Writer
I was famous in our college for calm and impassionate discussion; for one whole summer, I rose at five and went to bed at midnight, that I might have sufficient time for theology and metaphysics.
Quote examples
Wallace Stevens
American Poet
To regard the imagination as metaphysics is to think of it as part of life, and to think of it as part of life is to realize the extent of artifice. We live in the mind.
Quote examples
Tanit Phoenix
South African Model
I'm not looking to be a trophy. When not acting, I spend my time studying metaphysics and quantum mechanics to keep my life as grounded as I can.
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John Adams
American President
Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power.
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Voltaire
French Writer
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
If you're trained in metaphysics, you don't see the world as distinct from yourself. You are one with the world.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
So Whitehead's metaphysics doesn't fit very well on to physics as we understand the process of the world.
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Boris Pasternak
Russian Novelist
That's metaphysics, my dear fellow. It's forbidden me by my doctor, my stomach won't take it.
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Michel de Montaigne
French Philosopher
I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.
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Walt Whitman
American Poet
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
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