metaphysics

中文： 形而上学、玄学

1. 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 (Latin: ens in quantum ens). (uncountable) · Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
2. The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is. (countable) · 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.
3. The metalogic of physics; the logical framework of physics. (uncountable)
4. Any fundamental principles or rules. (uncountable)
5. The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world. (uncountable) · I have a collection of books on metaphysics, covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
6. Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject. (uncountable) · This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog-shrouded metaphysics!

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