All 5 Uses of
metaphysical
in
Atlas Shrugged
- While I was writing a thesis on the influence-upon subsequent metaphysical systems-of Aristotle's theory of the Immovable Mover.†
Chpt 1.5 *metaphysical = relating to questions that cannot be answered with the scientific method
- "Man's metaphysical pretensions," he said, "are preposterous.†
Chpt 1.6
- Have you ever heard of The Metaphysical Contradictions of the Universe, by Dr. Simon Pritchett?†
Chpt 1.9
- What sort of metaphysical subject are you trying to deal with?†
Chpt 3.4
- 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.†
Chpt 3.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(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) -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, metaphysical can reference a 17th-century style of British poetry.