metaphysics
(noun)
noun
1. the philosophical study of being and knowing
Definition categories: thought, philosophy
Sentences with metaphysics as a noun:
- Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
- The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.
- In Aristotelian metaphysics physical objects have both form and matter.
- In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics: space, time, motion, and number.
- I have a collection of books on metaphysics, covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
- This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog shrouded metaphysics!