Both Uses of
metaphysical
in
The Fountainhead
- The architect is a metaphysical priest dealing in basic essentials, who has the courage to face the primal conception of reality as nonreality—since there is nothing and he creates nothingness.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Too God-damn metaphysical.†
Chpt 4.13
Definition:
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(metaphysical) relating to beliefs not proven with the scientific method
or:
without material form or substance
or:
highly abstract and overly theoretical
or:
relating to metaphysics (the philosophical study of being and knowing)