All 5 Uses
metaphysical
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Glory Road
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- But it will not be easy; you have not studied metaphysical geometry—nor many other things.†
Chpt 5 *metaphysical = about things beyond the physical world, such as existence, reality, or the soul
- I thought seriously of creeping up to the flap of her tent and whispering to her that I wanted to ask a few questions about metaphysical geometry and like matters.†
Chpt 5
- This is a schoolboy problem in metaphysical geometry and the eldest proto-paradox, the one about the irresistible force and the immovable body.†
Chpt 10
- We prefer the safer method of metaphysical geometries—or 'magic' in the vulgar speech.†
Chpt 10
- But you don't like that word, so all I can say is that after you study higher geometries, metaphysical and conjectural as well as topological and judicial—if you care to make such study—I will gladly answer.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(metaphysical) relating to things beyond the physical world—such as existence, reality, God, or the soul—and sometimes to ideas that are very abstract or overly theoreticalPeople often use metaphysical for beliefs or questions that go beyond what can be directly tested by science—for example, beliefs about the soul, God, or what ultimately makes something real. These are usually things without material form that you cannot touch or measure.
In philosophy, metaphysical specifically refers to metaphysics, the branch of philosophy that studies being and knowing—questions like "What is real?", "Do we have free will?", or "What does it mean for something to exist?"
In everyday language, someone might call a discussion metaphysical if it feels very abstract or "off in the clouds," as in "They got lost in a metaphysical argument about whether anything is truly knowable." -
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, metaphysical can reference a 17th-century style of British poetry.