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	{{Quote\|There is a science that investigates being as being and that which is inherent to it. This science is not identical with any of the individual sciences; for none of the other sciences deals generally with being as being, but they delimit a part of being and investigate the determinations arising for it, as, for example, the mathematical sciences do. Now, by seeking the principles and highest causes, it is evident that these must necessarily be causes of a certain nature in themselves.\|Aristotle\|Metaphysics IV 1, 1003 a 21 - 28\|ref=he Roman numeral names the book (IV), the Arabic the section (1), followed by the page number according to Bekker (1003 a) and, in addition, the lines (21 - 28).}}		{{Quote\|There is a science that investigates being as being and that which is inherent to it. This science is not identical with any of the individual sciences; for none of the other sciences deals generally with being as being, but they delimit a part of being and investigate the determinations arising for it, as, for example, the mathematical sciences do. Now, by seeking the principles and highest causes, it is evident that these must necessarily be causes of a certain nature in themselves.\|Aristotle\|Metaphysics IV 1, 1003 a 21 - 28\|ref=<ref>The Roman numeral names the book (IV), the Arabic the section (1), followed by the page number according to Bekker (1003 a) and, in addition, the lines (21 - 28).</ref>}}

	''General metaphysics'' is largely congruent with the field of [[ontology]], the theory of being. More far-reaching questions, such as the nature of man, the [[freedom of will]], the [[immortality]] of the [[soul]] or the existence of [[God]], are traditionally dealt with within the framework of ''special metaphysics''.		''General metaphysics'' is largely congruent with the field of [[ontology]], the theory of being. More far-reaching questions, such as the nature of man, the [[freedom of will]], the [[immortality]] of the [[soul]] or the existence of [[God]], are traditionally dealt with within the framework of ''special metaphysics''.

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'''Metaphysics''' ({{Latin|metaphysica}}, from {{{Greek|μετά}} ''metá'' "after, behind, beyond", and {{lang|grc|φύσις}} ''phýsis'' "nature, natural condition") is a basic discipline of [[philosophy]] founded by [[Aristotle]], which is oriented towards the speculative intellectual investigation of the ultimate causes and principles of the world, which as such are in principle inaccessible to [[sensory experience]], but form its necessary precondition.

Aristotle describes the task of metaphysics as follows:

{{Quote|There is a science that investigates being as being and that which is inherent to it. This science is not identical with any of the individual sciences; for none of the other sciences deals generally with being as being, but they delimit a part of being and investigate the determinations arising for it, as, for example, the mathematical sciences do. Now, by seeking the principles and highest causes, it is evident that these must necessarily be causes of a certain nature in themselves.|Aristotle|Metaphysics IV 1, 1003 a 21 - 28|ref=he Roman numeral names the book (IV), the Arabic the section (1), followed by the page number according to Bekker (1003 a) and, in addition, the lines (21 - 28).}}

''General metaphysics'' is largely congruent with the field of [[ontology]], the theory of being. More far-reaching questions, such as the nature of man, the [[freedom of will]], the [[immortality]] of the [[soul]] or the existence of [[God]], are traditionally dealt with within the framework of ''special metaphysics''.

== See also ==

* {{WikipediaEN|Metaphysics}}
* {{WikipediaEN|Category:Metaphysics}}

== References ==
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