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metaphysic¹
Where it comes from
From Latin metaphysicus.
adjective metaphysick
- Metaphysical. Bring sweet philosophy along, In metaphysic dreams.
metaphysic²
Where it comes from
From Middle English methaphesik, methaphisik, methaphisique, metaphesyk, methafisik, metaphesyk, methephysyk, from Old French metafisique, methaphisique and Medieval Latin metaphysica, methephisica; equivalent to meta- + physic.
noun metaphysics · metaphysick
- The field of study of metaphysics. With reference to general Philosophy or Metaphysic proper, psychology may be viewed as a kind of common ground whereon thinkers of widely different schools may meet.
- The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought. The uncertain conclusions of an ill-conducted analogy, and a false metaphysic, were mixed with a few simple precepts derived from observation, which probably made the whole of the science of prognostication in its earliest and purest state.
- A fundamental principle or key concept. What we need as a metaphysic and what the logical realists are at least glimpsing, is the principle of contradiction.
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