metaphysical

• The word metaphysical male olet_, no doubt. —  Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles
• This is the subject of what are called the metaphysical and moral sciences. —  Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American
• He makes war on what he terms the metaphysical conception of a "life-principle" as the key to the problem, and urges the scientific conception of the adequacy of mechanico-chemical forces. —  The Breath of Life
• It is purely metaphysical, and metaphysics, at this season, may be "like pork in the dog-days;" but there are certain portions which strike out ideas so forcibly, and illustrate the communia of life with such vigour, as to tempt any lounging reader. —  The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 556, July 7, 1832
• Why is he sometimes called a metaphysical poet? —  Halleck's New English Literature

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