metaphysics

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The medical science of the Moors for six centuries enlightened Europe, and their metaphysics were adopted in nearly all the Christian universities.

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  1. noun Philosophy The branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value.
  2. noun The theoretical or first principles of a particular discipline: the metaphysics of law.
  3. noun A priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment.

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  1. From pl. of Middle English methaphisik, from Medieval Latin metaphysica, from Medieval Greek (ta) metaphusika, from Greek (Ta) meta (ta) phusika, (the works) after the Physics, the title of Aristotle's treatise on first principles (so called because it followed his work on physics) : meta, after; see meta- + phusika, physics; see physics.

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  1. Pl. of metaphysic: see -ics.
 

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/mɛtəˈfɪzɪks/
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