Benjamin Jowett ), a view which is echoed by Aristotle in his Metaphysics 982b12: " It was their wonder, astonishment, that first led men to philosophize and still leads them.

In philosophy, Potentiality and Actuality are principles of a dichotomy which Aristotle used throughout his philosophical works to analyze motion, causality, ethics, and physiology in his Physics, Metaphysics, Ethics and De Anima ( which is about the human psyche ).

* Derrida, Van Til and the Metaphysics of Postmodernism An appraisal of Postmodernism, specifically Deconstruction, in light of Van Til by Jacob Gabriel Hale.

The Metaphysics of Star Trek for the paperback version, the original hardcover version of the same book was simply entitled, The Metaphysics of Star Trek.

* Philippe Baudry, Valéry Finder: Metaphysics and Literature, Kindle, 2011 ; CreateSpace, 2011.

6, 7 ; Hamilton's Lectures on Metaphysics, Lect.

# Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz – Discourse on Metaphysics ; New Essays Concerning Human Understanding ; Monadology

# Immanuel Kant – Critique of Pure Reason ; Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals ; Critique of Practical Reason ; The Science of Right ; Critique of Judgment ; Perpetual Peace

In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals Kant states that what he is saying is not the same as the Golden Rule ; that the Golden Rule is derived from the categorical imperative with limitations.

For a severe criticism of Brown's philosophy, see Sir William Hamilton's Discussions and Lectures on Metaphysics ; and for a high estimate of his merits, see John Stuart Mill's Examination of Hamilton.

These AP courses can be as equally unusual as the electives ; One example is the Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition-Physics and Metaphysics course, an AP English course focusing on literature and media in the realm of physics and metaphysics.

# Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz – Discourse on Metaphysics ; New Essays on Human Understanding ; Monadology

# Immanuel Kant – Critique of Pure Reason ; Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals ; Critique of Practical Reason ; Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics ; The Science of Right ; Critique of Judgment ; Perpetual Peace

# Jacques Maritain – Art and Scholasticism ; The Degrees of Knowledge ; Freedom and the Modern World ; A Preface to Metaphysics ; The Rights of Man and Natural Law ; True Humanism

In 1974, Pirsig was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship to allow him to write a follow-up, Lila: An Inquiry into Morals ( 1991 ), in which he develops a value-based metaphysics, called Metaphysics of Quality, to replace the subject-object view of reality.

In " The Elimination of Metaphysics Through Logical Analysis of Language " ( 1932 ), Rudolf Carnap accused Heidegger of offering an " illusory " ontology, criticizing him for committing the fallacy of reification and for wrongly dismissing the logical treatment of language which, according to Carnap, can only lead to writing " nonsensical pseudo-propositions.

Guénon exposits a view of Metaphysics which can, according to him " by no means be reduced to scientific or philosophical conceptions " but which is instead " the knowledge (...) of the principles of universal order " ; being " absolutely illimited ", Metaphysics " cannot be defined ".

Metaphysics is seen, according to him, in its etymological sense, while recalling that sense in his books.

In origin Metaphysics was just the title of one of the principal works of Aristotle ; it was so named ( by Andronicus of Rhodes ) simply because in the customary ordering of the works of Aristotle it was the book following Physics ; it thus meant nothing more than " book that comes after book entitled Physics ".

Aristotle highlights " the fact that a thing is itself " because the objective of his inquiry at that point in the Metaphysics concerns " substance " and to provide answers to the question " what kind of thing substance should be said to be ", given that " substance is a principle and a cause " of being.

It is notoriously difficult to specify the date at which Aristotle wrote these treatises as a whole or even individually, especially because the Metaphysics is, in Jonathan Barnes ' words, " a farrago, a hotch-potch ", and more generally because the difficulty of dating any of Aristotle's writings.

In Aristotle's Metaphysics aporia plays a role in his method of inquiry.

The Discourse on Metaphysics ( Discours de métaphysique, 1686 ) is a short ( 60 pages in translation ) treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in which he develops a philosophy concerning physical substance, motion and resistance of bodies, and God's role within the universe.

Thus " the fact that a thing is itself " perhaps finds its greatest utility to man by providing " a fixed constant nature of sensible things " in an ever changing universe of being --- Metaphysics, Book VII, Part 17

Aristotle in his Metaphysics argues for the existence of an " unmoved mover ", an argument taken up in medieval scholastics.

While in New York, Max Horkheimer ’ s essays “ The Latest Attack on Metaphysics ” and “ Traditional and Critical Theory ,” which would soon become instructive for the Institute ’ s self-understanding, were the subject of intense discussion.

Writing extensively on Nietzsche in his later career, and offering a " phenomenological critique of Kant " in his Kant and the Problem of Metaphysics, Heidegger is known for his Post-Kantian philosophy.

Particularly important ( not least for its influence upon others, both in their interpretation of Aristotle and in rehabilitating a neo-Aristotelian " practical philosophy ") was his radical reinterpretation of Book Six of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and several books of the Metaphysics.

Avicenna's proof for the existence of God was the first ontological argument, which he proposed in the Metaphysics section of The Book of Healing.

In 1936 – 1937, he functioned as honorary assistant for Ionescu's course, lecturing in Metaphysics.

Avicenna's proof for the existence of God was the first ontological argument, which he proposed in the Metaphysics section of The Book of Healing.

In the Dialogues On Metaphysics And Religion ( dialogue 1 ), Malebranche added that the same basic structure can also account for ( the mental as opposed to the physiological element in ) imagination, in this case where the idea only " lightly touches " the mind.

* Malebranche's Dialogues on Metaphysics: A good introduction to his philosophy, lightly modified for easier reading.

An ontological argument for the existence of God was first proposed by Avicenna ( 965-1037 ) in the Metaphysics section of The Book of Healing which is known as Contingency and necessity argument ( Imakan wa Wujub ).

Introduced in Kant's Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, it may be defined as a way of evaluating motivations for action.

Kant applied his categorical imperative to the issue of suicide in Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals, writing that:

Kant also applies the categorical imperative in Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals on the subject of " failing to cultivate one's talents.

Kant's last application of the categorical imperative in Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals is of charity.

His extensive questions and commentaries on Aristotle ( including commentaries on De Generatione et Corruptione, De Anima, Metaphysics, Physics, and Ethics ) became textbooks for students throughout various universities.

He wrote a number of books and articles on sexual magic and various other esoteric studies, including The Yoga of Power: Tantra, Shakti, and the Secret Way ( 1949 ), Eros and the Mysteries of Love: The Metaphysics of Sex ( 1958 ), Meditations on the Peaks: Mountain Climbing as Metaphor for the Spiritual Quest ( 1974 ), The Path of Enlightenment According to the Mithraic Mysteries ( 1977 ).

With equal vehemence, Evola scorned modern pornography for being a " scanty source " of erotic experience, denouncing it as " dreadfully squalid not only in the facts and scenes described, but in its essence " ( The Metaphysics of Sex, p. 4 ).

For many years, Kant used Baumgarten's Metaphysics as a handbook or manual for his lectures on that topic.

* The Humanist Quest for a Unity of Knowledge and the Orthodox Metaphysics of Light by Bishop Auxentios of Photiki