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As nouns the difference between metaphysics and spirituality

is that metaphysics is (philosophy|uncountable) the branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ) while spirituality is the quality or state of being spiritual.

metaphysics

English

(wikipedia metaphysics)

Noun

  • (philosophy, uncountable) The branch of philosophy which studies fundamental principles intended to describe or explain all that is, and which are not themselves explained by anything more fundamental; the study of first principles; the study of being insofar as it is being (ens in quantum ens ).
    • Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
  • (philosophy, countable) The view or theory of a particular philosopher or school of thinkers concerning the first principles which describe or explain all that is.
    • The metaphysics of Thomas Aquinas holds that all real beings have both essence and existence.
    In Aristotelian metaphysics physical objects have both form and matter.
    In his ''Pensées'', Pascal mentioned some first principles recognized within his metaphysics : space, time, motion, and number.
  • (uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
  • * 1990 Jan. 1, Lance Morrow, " Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change," Time :
    • The metaphysics of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory.
  • (uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
    • I have a collection of books on metaphysics , covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
  • (uncountable) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
    • This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog shrouded metaphysics !
  • (countable) Plural of countable senses of metaphysic.

    • Meronyms

    * ontology

    Derived terms

    * metaphysical * metaphysician * metaphysicist

    Related terms

    * physics

    spirituality

    English

    (wikipedia spirituality)

    Noun

    (spiritualities)
  • The quality or state of being spiritual.
    • A pleasure made for the soul, suitable to its spirituality . — South.
    If this light be not spiritual, yet it approacheth nearest to spirituality . — Sir Walter Raleigh.
    Much of our spirituality and comfort in public worship depends on the state of mind in which we come. — Bickersteth.
  • Concern for that which is unseen and intangible, as opposed to physical or mundane.
  • Appreciation for religious values.
  • (obsolete) That which belongs to the church, or to a person as an ecclesiastic, or to religion, as distinct from temporalities.
    • During the vacancy of a see, the archbishop is guardian of the spiritualities thereof. — Blackstone.
  • (obsolete) An ecclesiastical body; the whole body of the clergy, as distinct from, or opposed to, the temporality.
    • Five entire subsidies were granted to the king by the spirituality . — Fuller.