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metafysiikka
puhekieltä 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).
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Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
puhekieltä The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
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The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.
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In Aristotelian metaphysics physical objects have both form and matter.
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In his Pensées, Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics: space, time, motion, and number.
puhekieltä Any fundamental principles or rules.
1990 Jan. 1, Lance Morrow, "http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,969082,00.html Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change," Time:
- The metaphysics of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory.
puhekieltä The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
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I have a collection of books on metaphysics, covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
puhekieltä displeasing Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
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This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog-shrouded metaphysics!
puhekieltä Plural of countable senses of metaphysic.
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