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- (philosophy) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens).
- Philosophers sometimes say that is the study of the ultimate furniture of the universe.
- (philosophy) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
- The of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.
- In Aristotelian physical objects have both form and matter.
- In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his : space, time, motion, and number.
- (context, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
- 1990, Lance Morrow, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969082,00.html Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change," Time, 1 Jan,
- :The of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory.
- The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
- I have a collection of books on , covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
- A displeasingly abstruse, complex written work on any subject.
- This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog shrouded !
Etymology: From metaphysica < Byzantine Greek (polytonic, ) (metaphusika) < Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (meta) "after" + (polytonic, ) (phusikos) "natural". The word derives from the title of the collection by Aristotle "á á " (after the natural things).
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