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Metaphysics

[meh’-tuh-fiz‘-uh-kul]

(Greek meta, “after” + Greek phusika, “physics”)

The branch of philosophy that is concerned with the study of ultimate reality, often referring to those things that transcend the physical (mind, essence, time, meaning, God, etc.). The term “physical” was originally pre-fixed by “meta” with regards to the works of Aristotle, specifically those chapters that came “after” those on the physical (”meta-physical”). Most commonly today, metaphysics refers to those matters of knowledge that are by nature non-empirical.