Posted on 04/09/2009 12:55:55 PM PDT by Salvation
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The science of being, as being; or of the absolutely first principles of being. Also called ontology, first philosophy, the philosophy of being, the philosophy of first causes, wisdom. (Etym. Greek meta, after, beyond + physika, physics.)
I have a couple of people who coulf be subs. Would anyone consider doing the daily posts?
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The science of being. In scholastic philosophy it is the equivalent of metaphysics, or at least of that branch of metaphysics which deals with the philosophy of reality. (Etym. Greek ontos, being + logia, science, knowledge.)
(Etym. Greek meta, after, beyond + physika, physics.)The word metaphysics was first used by the ancient-Greek editor of Aristotle's works, not with reference to the subject matter of the particular treatise that the editor named the Metaphysics, but rather with reference to the editor's placement of the Metaphysics among his edition of the collected works of Aristotle; that is, the Metaphysics came after the Physics.
Hi Salvation, being a Southern Baptist I don’t think I’d do a very good job. Thank you for your faithfulness on these fascinating threads.
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