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	'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world beyond nature or first principles of existence. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]] which explain reality and its dynamicity from within it. Metaphysicists in their variety of outlooks have the fundamentally common position of articulating an external principle of existence by which reality abides and is constrained by. Dialecticians on the contrary assert that dynamicity of the totality is grounded in its own ~~very~~ motion rather than a logically prior principle according to which reality operates. Dialectics itself becomes a naturalized position through the development of its very conceptions and logic as explicitly derivative from material reality.		'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world beyond nature or first principles of existence. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]] which explain reality and its dynamicity from within it. Metaphysicists in their variety of outlooks have the fundamentally common position of articulating an external principle of existence by which reality abides and is constrained by. Dialecticians on the contrary assert that dynamicity of the totality is grounded in its very own motion rather than a logically prior principle according to which reality operates. Dialectics itself becomes a naturalized position through the development of its very conceptions and logic as explicitly derivative from material reality.

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==

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	'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world ''beyond'' nature~~''.'' More specifically, it is an outlook that sees things as isolated and static~~. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists ~~believe that everything~~ in the ~~universe has always been~~ the ~~same for as long as it has existed~~. ~~The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and~~ the ~~early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form~~ of ~~materialism distinct~~ from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.~~htm}}</ref>~~		'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world beyond nature or first principles of existence. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]] which explain reality and its dynamicity from within it. Metaphysicists in their variety of outlooks have the fundamentally common position of articulating an external principle of existence by which reality abides and is constrained by. Dialecticians on the contrary assert that dynamicity of the totality is grounded in its own very motion rather than a logically prior principle according to which reality operates. Dialectics itself becomes a naturalized position through the development of its very conceptions and logic as explicitly derivative from material reality.

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	The word ''meta'' means ''beyond'' in Greek, and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.		The word ''meta'' means ''beyond'' in Greek, and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.

	Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". ~~In other words, metaphysics~~ is the ~~study~~ of ~~everything which exists~~ beyond ~~the~~ material ~~world~~. ~~As dialectics prove that nature~~ is ~~always in movement~~ and ~~never exactly twice~~ the ~~same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something~~ that is ~~not dialectical,~~ and ~~thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'')~~.		Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". Metaphysics put simply is the principles of reality itself, its very operational structure. Per [[dialectical materialism]], no conceptuality can grasp this supposed "beyond" precisely because every conceptuality is structured by material existence. Conceptualities developed within material existence are structured by it. Thus what they always grasp is not some operational logical structure of reality which takes primary existence over reality as [[Plato\|Platonists]] and [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel\|Hegelians]] would suggest but rather the logical structure is that which is constrained and developed from engagement within material reality.

	Historically, especially to [[Aristotle]], metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.		Historically, especially to [[Aristotle]], metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.

	~~== References ==~~
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]
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	'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world ''beyond'' nature''.'' More specifically, it is an outlook that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has ~~aéways~~ been the same for as long as it's existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>		'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world ''beyond'' nature''.'' More specifically, it is an outlook that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has always been the same for as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
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	Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". In other words, metaphysics is the study of everything which exists beyond the material world. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly twice the same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').		Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". In other words, metaphysics is the study of everything which exists beyond the material world. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly twice the same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').

	Historically, especially to Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.		Historically, especially to [[Aristotle]], metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]

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Etymology

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	Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". In other words, metaphysics is the study of everything which exists beyond the material world. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly twice the same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').		Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". In other words, metaphysics is the study of everything which exists beyond the material world. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly twice the same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').

	Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.		Historically, especially to Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]

CriticalResist: further clarification

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	'''Metaphysics''' is ~~a worldview~~ that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it ~~has~~ existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>		'''Metaphysics''' is the study of the world ''beyond'' nature''.'' More specifically, it is an outlook that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has aéways been the same for as long as it's existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>

	== Etymology ==		== Etymology ==
	The word meta ~~is a Greek word that essentially~~ means ''beyond'', and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.		The word ''meta'' means ''beyond'' in Greek, and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.

	Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to "nature of nature" or "beyond nature". ~~Therefore~~, metaphysics is the study of everything which ~~is found~~ beyond ~~nature~~. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly the same ~~as it was before~~, ~~it follows that~~ any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').		Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to the "nature of nature" or something "beyond nature". In other words, metaphysics is the study of everything which exists beyond the material world. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly twice the same, any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').

	Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.		Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.

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	The word meta is a Greek word that essentially means ''beyond'', and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.		The word meta is a Greek word that essentially means ''beyond'', and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.

	Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to "nature of nature" or "beyond nature". Therefore, metaphysics is the study of everything which is found beyond nature. ~~While~~ nature is always in movement and never ~~twice~~ the same ~~(see dialectics)~~, it follows that ~~anything~~ ''beyond'' nature would be immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').		Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to "nature of nature" or "beyond nature". Therefore, metaphysics is the study of everything which is found beyond nature. As dialectics prove that nature is always in movement and never exactly the same as it was before, it follows that any world ''beyond'' nature would be something that is not dialectical, and thus immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').

	Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of of the being which is found beyond nature.		Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of the being which is found beyond nature.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]

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	'''Metaphysics''' is a worldview that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>		'''Metaphysics''' is a worldview that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>

			== Etymology ==
			The word meta is a Greek word that essentially means ''beyond'', and is today usually used to mean ''something on something''. Physics originally referred to the study of nature in Ancient Greece, which can be understood as the natural world, i.e. the physical, material world in which we live.

			Metaphysics, therefore, would refer to "nature of nature" or "beyond nature". Therefore, metaphysics is the study of everything which is found beyond nature. While nature is always in movement and never twice the same (see dialectics), it follows that anything ''beyond'' nature would be immutable and static. It can also be called the supernatural world (''super'' meaning ''above'' in Latin: ''above the natural world'').

			Historically, especially in Aristotle, metaphysics was the study of of the being which is found beyond nature.

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]

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	'''Metaphysics''' is a worldview that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted mechanical ~~(non-dialectical)~~ [[materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>		'''Metaphysics''' is a worldview that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism\|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism\|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted [[mechanical materialism]], a metaphysical form of materialism distinct from [[dialectical materialism]].<ref>{{Citation\|author=[[Mao Zedong]]\|year=1937\|title=On Contradiction\|chapter=The Two World Outlooks\|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>

	== References ==		== References ==
	[[Category:Philosophy]]		[[Category:Philosophy]]

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'''Metaphysics''' is a worldview that sees things as isolated and static. It is the opposite of [[dialectics]]. Metaphysicists believe that everything in the universe has been the same as long as it has existed. The [[Feudalism|feudal]] [[aristocracy]] promoted [[Idealism|idealist]] metaphysics and the early [[bourgeoisie]] promoted mechanical (non-dialectical) [[materialism]].<ref>{{Citation|author=[[Mao Zedong]]|year=1937|title=On Contradiction|chapter=The Two World Outlooks|mia=https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/mao/selected-works/volume-1/mswv1_17.htm}}</ref>

== References ==
[[Category:Philosophy]]