metaphysics
Meaning of metaphysics
- the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, identity, time, and space.
they would regard the question of the initial conditions for the universe as belonging to the realm of metaphysics or religion
mid 16th century: representing medieval Latin metaphysica (neuter plural), based on Greek ta meta ta phusika ‘the things after the Physics’, referring to the sequence of Aristotle's works: the title came to denote the branch of study treated in the books, later interpreted as meaning ‘the science of things transcending what is physical or natural’.
plural noun
a system of metaphysics.
Information about metaphysics
- It is a name.
- The singular form of metaphysics is: metaphysic.
- Languages in which metaphysics is used:
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Hyphenation of metaphysics
meta-physics
- It consists of 2 syllables and 11 chars.
- metaphysics is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of metaphysics
- German: Metaphysik
- Portuguese: metafísica
- Spanish: metafísica
- French: métaphysique
- Italian: metafisica
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