How do you use the word "metaphysics" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "metaphysics" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "metaphysics": The exact meaning of metaphysics is controversial. Religion is the metaphysics of the common people.

Metaphysics Meaning

/mɛtəˈfɪzɪks/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (Latin: ens in quantum ens).

nounThe view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.

Sentence Examples

The exact meaning of metaphysics is controversial.

Religion is the metaphysics of the common people.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The study of what exists beyond the physical world is called ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

His latest book delves deep into the complex world of ____, discussing abstract concepts that go far beyond scientific observation.

Word Origin & History

1560s; plural of metaphysic, from Middle English methaphesik, methaphisik, methaphisique, metaphesyk, methafisik, metaphesyk, methephysyk, from Old French metafisique, methaphisique and Medieval Latin metaphysica, methephisica, from Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά (metaphusiká), from the title of the collection by Aristotle μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (metà tà phusiká, “Following The Natural World”), a collection that comes after (μετά (metá)) Aristotle's collection entitled τὰ φυσικά (tà phusiká, “The Natural World”), from φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”). By surface analysis, meta- + physics.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The late philosopher Morris R. Cohen of CCNY was asked by a student in the metaphysics course, "Professor Cohen how do I know that I exist?" The keen old prof replied, "And who is asking?"" — 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 157:

"The metaphysics of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory." — 1990 January 1, Lance Morrow, “Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change”, in Time:

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