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Definition of Metaphysic
1. n. See Metaphysics.
2. a. Metaphysical.
Definition of Metaphysic
1. Adjective. (philosophy archaic) Metaphysical. ¹
2. Noun. (philosophy uncountable archaic) The field of study of metaphysics. ¹
3. Noun. (philosophy countable) The metaphysical system of a particular philosopher or of a particular school of thought. ¹
4. Noun. (philosophy countable) A fundamental principle or key concept. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metaphysic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Metaphysic
1. See Metaphysics. Origin: Cf. F. Metaphysique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metaphysic
Literary usage of Metaphysic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Essays on Literature and Philosophy by Edward Caird (1892)
"In this sense logic cannot be separated from metaphysic, if metaphysic be ...
Hence a logic divorced from metaphysic inevitably becomes empty and unreal, ..."
2. A Commentary on Kant's Critick of the Pure Reason: Translated from The by Kuno Fischer, John Pentland Mahaffy (1866)
"There being no psychology not empirical, the basis of metaphysic is thus an
empirical science. So that this conception of the Kantian philosophy leads to ..."
3. Kant's Critical Philosophy for English Readers by Immanuel Kant, John Pentland Mahaffy, John Henry Bernard (1889)
"f [i86] APPENDIX On what can te done to make metaphysic actual as a Science As
no means hitherto used have attained this end, which without a preceding ..."
4. Time and Space: A Metaphysical Essay by Shadworth Hollway Hodgson (1865)
"metaphysic and Ontology. § 8. What is the difference between psychology and
metaphysic ? A difference in their object-matter. ..."
5. The Contemporary Review (1872)
"The end of anarchy, the reign of liberty and law,—this is the fruit to be expected
from the alliance of physics and metaphysic. I will now attempt to show ..."
6. The Philosophy of Kant Explained by John Watson (1908)
"THE metaphysic C?. J& 249 c What has been said must not be taken as a proof that
... It is not the province of a metaphysic of morality to give this proof. ..."
7. Recent Advances in Theistic Philosophy of Religion by James Lindsay (1897)
"Such a metaphysic as we in this time crave will ground its laws, ... An ethical
metaphysic that ultimate metaphysic must be, as part of its endeavour to be ..."
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