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Definition
relating to metaphysics (the philosophical study of being and knowing)
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relating to beliefs not proven with the scientific method
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without material form or substance
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highly abstract and overly theoretical
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relating to beliefs not proven with the scientific method
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without material form or substance
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highly abstract and overly theoretical
- While I was writing a thesis on the influence-upon subsequent metaphysical systems-of Aristotle's theory of the Immovable Mover.1.5 Part 1 Chapter 5 — The Climax of the D'Anconias (59% in)
- "Man's metaphysical pretensions," he said, "are preposterous.1.6 Part 1 Chapter 6 — The Non-Commercial (15% in)
- Have you ever heard of The Metaphysical Contradictions of the Universe, by Dr. Simon Pritchett?1.9 Part 1 Chapter 9 — The Sacred and the Profane (31% in)
- What sort of metaphysical subject are you trying to deal with?3.4 Part 3 Chapter 4 — Anti-Life (48% in)
- Such a being is a metaphysical monstrosity, struggling to oppose, negate and contradict the fact of his own existence, running blindly amuck on a trail of destruction, capable of nothing but pain.3.7 Part 3 Chapter 7 — "This is John Galt Speaking" (19% in)
There are no more uses of "metaphysical" in Atlas Shrugged.
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