metaphysics

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The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.

Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.

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A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books. Walt Whitman

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. William Winwood Reade

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. Joseph Joubert

Metaphysics is the attempt of the mind to rise above the mind. Thomas Carlyle

When I was in school, I cheated on my metaphysics exam I looked into the soul of the boy sitting next to me. Woody Allen

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth but chocolates. Fernando Pessoa

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