Metaphysica
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Metaphysica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that systematizes metaphysics and helped shape later German idealist thought.
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| Metaphysica canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Metaphysica Context triple: [Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten, notableWork, Metaphysica]
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Monadology
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Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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Wesenslogik
Wesenslogik is the German title of Hegel’s “Doctrine of Essence,” the central middle section of his *Science of Logic* that analyzes reflection, appearance, and the structures underlying being.
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Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
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The Spell of Plato
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Target entity: Metaphysica Target entity description: Metaphysica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that systematizes metaphysics and helped shape later German idealist thought.
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A.
Monadology
Monadology is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his metaphysical system of simple, indivisible substances called monads as the ultimate constituents of reality.
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B.
Metaphysics (On First Principles)
Metaphysics (On First Principles) is a philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the fundamental nature of reality, causation, and first principles in the Aristotelian tradition.
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C.
Introduction to Metaphysics
Introduction to Metaphysics is a 1935 lecture course by German philosopher Martin Heidegger that probes the fundamental question of the meaning of Being and critiques the metaphysical foundations of Western thought.
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D.
Wesenslogik
Wesenslogik is the German title of Hegel’s “Doctrine of Essence,” the central middle section of his *Science of Logic* that analyzes reflection, appearance, and the structures underlying being.
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E.
Disputationes metaphysicae
Disputationes metaphysicae is a seminal late 16th-century work of scholastic philosophy that systematically presents Francisco Suárez’s influential account of metaphysics, bridging medieval and early modern thought.
- F. None of above. chosen
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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metaphysics textbook ⓘ philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| academicUse | standard reference for metaphysics in German-speaking universities before Kant ⓘ |
| aim | to systematize metaphysics as a science ⓘ |
| audience | students of philosophy ⓘ |
| author |
A. G. Baumgarten
NERFINISHED
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Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| classification | early modern metaphysical system ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | scholastic metaphysics ⓘ |
| hasEdition | multiple revised editions in the 18th century ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Enlightenment-era German scholasticism ⓘ |
| impact | provided a framework against which Kant reacted in his critical philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
18th-century academic metaphysics
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German idealism ⓘ Immanuel Kant NERFINISHED ⓘ later German scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian Wolff
NERFINISHED
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Leibnizian-Wolffian philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| method | axiomatic-deductive method ⓘ |
| notableFor |
coining and systematizing the term "metaphysica" in a textbook format
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shaping the curriculum of German universities in metaphysics ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| philosophicalApproach | rationalist metaphysics ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition |
German philosophy
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early modern philosophy ⓘ |
| publicationCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor | Aesthetica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure | systematic exposition of metaphysics ⓘ |
| title | Metaphysica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topic |
cosmology
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natural theology ⓘ ontology ⓘ psychology (rational psychology) ⓘ |
| usedAs | university textbook ⓘ |
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