Metaphysics
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Metaphysics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature of being, reality, and first principles beyond the physical world.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Metaphysics canonical | 7 |
| metaphysics | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphysics Context triple: [Aristotle, notableWork, Metaphysics]
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Discourse on Metaphysics
Discourse on Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his views on substance, God, free will, and the rational structure of reality.
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Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
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Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Metaphysics Target entity description: Metaphysics is Aristotle’s foundational philosophical treatise that investigates the nature of being, reality, and first principles beyond the physical world.
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A.
Discourse on Metaphysics
Discourse on Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical treatise by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz that outlines his views on substance, God, free will, and the rational structure of reality.
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B.
Doctrine of Being
The Doctrine of Being is the first major section of Hegel’s *Science of Logic*, where he analyzes the most basic categories of thought such as pure being, nothing, and becoming.
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C.
Platonism
Platonism is a philosophical doctrine rooted in Plato’s ideas, emphasizing the existence of abstract, non-material Forms or universals as the most real and fundamental aspects of reality.
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D.
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics
Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics is a foundational philosophical work by Immanuel Kant that concisely outlines and defends the key ideas of his critical philosophy, especially those developed more fully in the Critique of Pure Reason.
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E.
Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism is a philosophical system developed in the Roman Empire that reinterprets and extends Plato’s ideas into a metaphysical framework centered on a single transcendent source from which all reality emanates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical treatise
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work by Aristotle ⓘ |
| addresses |
nature of substance and essence
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principle of non-contradiction ⓘ problem of universals ⓘ |
| author | Aristotle ⓘ |
| composedOf | fourteen books ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| field | philosophy ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
first causes
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nature of being ⓘ nature of reality ⓘ principles beyond the physical world ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book Alpha
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Book Beta ⓘ Book Delta ⓘ Book Epsilon ⓘ Book Eta ⓘ Book Gamma ⓘ Book Iota ⓘ Book Kappa ⓘ Book Lambda ⓘ Book Mu ⓘ Book Nu ⓘ Book Theta ⓘ Book Zeta ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Classical Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Scholasticism
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surface form:
Christian scholasticism
Islamic philosophy ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
early modern philosophy ⓘ medieval philosophy ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
actuality (energeia)
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form (eidos) ⓘ four causes ⓘ matter (hyle) ⓘ potentiality (dunamis) ⓘ substance (ousia) ⓘ unmoved mover ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
being qua being
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cause ⓘ first principles ⓘ form ⓘ matter ⓘ ontology ⓘ potentiality and actuality ⓘ substance ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| subfield |
Metaphysics
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
metaphysics
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| title | Metaphysics self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| titleEtymology | named for works placed after the Physics ⓘ |
| traditionalTitleGivenBy | later editors ⓘ |
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Metaphysics (Aristotle)
subject surface form:
Metaphysics (Aristotle)
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metaphysics