Metaphysics Definition
Origin of Metaphysics
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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 meta– phusika physics physics
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin metaphysica, from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusika), from the title of the collection by Aristotle μετὰ Ï„á½° φυσικά (meta ta phusika), a collection that comes after (μετά (meta)) Aristotle's collection entitled Ï„á½° φυσικά (ta phusika), from φυσικός (phusikos, “natural").
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