Meaning | The philosophical study of being and knowing. |
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Category of | entelechy | (Aristotle) the state of something that is fully realized / realized |
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hypostasis | (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality |
Narrower | cosmology | The metaphysical study of the origin and nature of the universe |
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ontology | The metaphysical study of the nature of being and existence |
Broader | philosophy | The rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics |
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Spanish | metafísica |
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Catalan | metafísica |
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Adjectives | metaphysical | pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics |
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