metaphysical
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definition
noun
Or Eliot, who wrote on the Metaphysicals , Marvell, Dryden, Blake, Wordsworth, Baudelaire and, of course, Dante, as well as many other writers.
the metaphysical poets.
adjective
the essentially metaphysical question of the nature of the mind
of or relating to metaphysics.
On one level there is the English metaphysical tradition perhaps best exemplified by John Donne.
of or characteristic of the metaphysical poets.
example
And even if it could somehow be shown that the evil of such events is ‘unreal’ in some abstract 'metaphysical' sense, would that take away the reality of our feeling that it was evil?
This is a remarkable argument, whereby Davidson derives a 'metaphysical' conclusion concerning the physical nature of mental states from premisses which concern their causal role.
Mediation between Christianity and Greek philosophy must substitute a 'metaphysical' Plato for an aporetic inquiring Socrates.
As noted earlier, we do not ally ourselves with any specific 'metaphysical' view or theoretical system, and prefer a bottom-up approach.
Her first collection of poems interrogates the nature of physical and the 'metaphysical' knowledge.
This study shows that throughout his life, the Guru did not indulge in 'metaphysical' abstractions or recondite analysis of various religious thoughts.
It has unlimited potential to explore all sorts of 'metaphysical' and moral questions, but it is not doing that.
In the 17th century this question sparked a furious 'metaphysical' and scientific controversy on the existence, nature and measure of force.
These belief assumptions, of course, do raise truth claims of a 'metaphysical' nature, but the way goes from within and out, and not the other way around.
Systems of thought that are fundamentally 'metaphysical' in nature are not testable and can therefore never be proven incorrect.
However, especially for those of us who find such 'metaphysical' disputes sterile, questions about the paranormal have a very important part to play in the debate.
In the hands of Velázquez, the existence of a jester could have the same physical - and 'metaphysical' - scale as that of an aristocrat.
For Hopkins is not so much invoking the 'metaphysical' potential of nature, and its capacity to typify states of mind, as he is making a conservationist plea.
It is only then that the union of the physical and the 'metaphysical' becomes complete, and the body does what the mind tells it to do.
It could be argued that the inverted spectrum hypothesis is incoherent for deep 'metaphysical' and empirical reasons.
But either way, ID is a 'metaphysical' explanation by its nature, not merely by its implications.
They'll agree to explain the properties we're talking about in scientific terms, and still insist that their 'metaphysical' questions remain.
It begins to appear that the 'metaphysical' question of determinism is quite irrelevant to the rationality of our ascription of responsibility.
There is no dematerialization, no aura: the glow rides the surface, more physical than 'metaphysical' .
Our situation is something like the one to which we are assigned by a considerable number of 'metaphysical' philosophers, notably Plato.
Again, we find no reason to suppose that 'metaphysical' issues can be cleanly detached from epistemological concerns.
This 'metaphysical' question has been much discussed.
The pursuit of such 'metaphysical' questions is just a high-minded distraction from the more pressing issue of confronting the dilemma of one's existence here and now.
I think that the two types of cosmology, that is religious cosmology based on a 'metaphysical' vision or view of the universe and modern cosmology, should not be confused.
Euripides' Electra ironically questions belief in a 'metaphysical' system that encourages crime only to punish it.
In light of that conviction, what could be taken as a purely 'metaphysical' question becomes much more practical: Where is the church in these terrible events?
And an immersion in his oeuvre is an effective cure for many chronic ailments of a 'metaphysical' nature that one might suffer.
The traditional concept of free will enters the mainstream of Western Philosophy in 'metaphysical' questions about human responsibility for moral behavior.
It drew out 'metaphysical' questions as it prompted the Futurist to focus on the movement or temporality inherent in things, and hence the instability of the geophysical world, its objects and its events.
David is not a character of merit or interest, no matter what 'metaphysical' hoops he is forced through.
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