metaphysics
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The first sentence of his famous work Metaphysics states, “Philosophy begins in wonder.”
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that asks questions about reality and existence: What does it mean to be real?
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2018
A world traveler and former philosophy student, Pirsig would blend his life and learning, and East and West, into what he called the Metaphysics of Quality.
From Washington Times • Apr. 24, 2017
The Muppets revival has even brought on an academic volume, “Jim Henson and Philosophy,” with entries on “Fraggle Rock and Post-Structuralism” and “The Metaphysics of Muppetationality.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 5, 2015
The book Aristotle is holding is his Metaphysics; the text, translated, reads: ‘A sign of those who know is that they can teach.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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