Metaphysics
[metə'fɪzɪks] or [,mɛtə'fɪzɪks]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The science of real as distinguished from phenomenal being; ontology; also, the science of being, with reference to its abstract and universal conditions, as distinguished from the science of determined or concrete being; the science of the conceptions and relations which are necessarily implied as true of every kind of being; phylosophy in general; first principles, or the science of first principles.
(n.) Hence: The scientific knowledge of mental phenomena; mental philosophy; psychology.
艾莉森校對
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Psychology, pneumatology, mental philosophy, philosophy of the mind, mental science.
校對:朗达
解釋/意思:
n.sing. the science which investigates the first principles of nature and thought: ontology or the science of being.—adj. Metaphys′ical pertaining to metaphysics; abstract.—adv. Metaphys′ically.—n. Metaphysic′ian one versed in metaphysics.
奥古斯汀錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- His chief treatise, entitled the Republic, is at once a treatise on morals, on social organization, and on the metaphysics and science of nature. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- His office was filled with stacks of books all relating to metaphysics and kindred matters. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- And indeed nothing but the most determined scepticism, along with a great degree of indolence, can justify this aversion to metaphysics. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- He turned it over in his mind, with thought deep and slow, as some German pondering metaphysics. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This was a case of metaphysics, at least as difficult for Joe to deal with as for me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Gautama became versed in all the metaphysics of his age. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- My mother is like old George the Third, said the Vicar, she objects to metaphysics. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- I pored over the poetry of old times; I studied the metaphysics of Plato and Berkeley. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- How long I might have remained lost in the mist of my own metaphysics, if I had been left to extricate myself, it is impossible for me to say. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They appeared in the form of a copious review of a work on Chinese metaphysics, Sir,' said Pott. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Having read a number of articles on the tariff and ploughed through the metaphysics of the currency question, what do they do? 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- But Joe took the case altogether out of the region of metaphysics, and by that means vanquished it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The present subject of metaphysics will supply us abundantly. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
整理:罗德尼