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hyperphysical

[hahy-per-fiz-i-kuhl] / ˌhaɪ pərˈfɪz ɪ kəl /


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These are but some of the disparate images conjured in Jacques Heim’s latest dance piece, “Fearful Symmetries,” for his hyperphysical Los Angeles troupe, Diavolo.

From New York Times • Aug. 29, 2010

Tracks like the dynamic opener, English Boy, showcase Townshend's talent for mixing metaphysical lyrics with hyperphysical music.

From Time Magazine Archive

Wallace's view.—A supernatural origin for man's body not necessary.—Two orders of being in man.—Two modes of origin.—Harmony of the physical, hyperphysical, and supernatural.—Reconciliation of science and religion as regards evolution.—Conclusion.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George

Transcendental hypotheses are therefore inadmissible; and we cannot use the liberty of employing, in the absence of physical, hyperphysical grounds of explanation.

From The Critique of Pure Reason by Meiklejohn, John Miller Dow

Two such modes are made known to us by our natural faculties only: the physical, which includes the first of these examples; the hyperphysical, which embraces the other.

From On the Genesis of Species by Mivart, St. George




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