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Metaphysics

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Author(s): Halfwassen, Jens (Cologne)
[German version] A. Introduction Since the commentators on Aristotle from Late Antiquity, the word metaphysics designates the most prominent and fundamental part of philosophy. It concerns itself with the highest and ultimate principles and the cohesion of reality as a whole. It derives from the book title - controversial both in origin and original meaning - Τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά (‘What comes after physics , that is, probably, in the course of philosophical education in the Aristotelian school) from Ar…