metaphysics

Example Sentences

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Barry goes light on the mechanics of his multiversal paradigm, coating the dynamic, suspenseful action with a light frosting of metaphysics.

From Washington Post

To an American reader, this might seem like straight irony, but Iossel excels in finding the metaphysics of the tunnel.

From New York Times

To summarize their respective views on metaphysics, ethics and world history would be a spoiler, and would require more space than this newspaper could possibly provide.

From New York Times

Clad in black like a depressed graduate student steeped in Foucault, Hamlet contemplates the morality and metaphysics of revenge.

From Los Angeles Times

I was reminded of a line from Kurt Vonnegut, whose work this movie sometimes recalls in its cheeky approach to metaphysics: “I am a human being, not a human doing.”

From Los Angeles Times