Religion vs Metaphysics - What's the difference?
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The belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods.
A particular system of faith and worship.
The way of life committed to by monks and nuns.
Any practice that someone or some group is seriously devoted to.
(obsolete) Faithfulness to a given principle; conscientiousness.
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(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 ).
(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.
(uncountable, by extension from the philosophical sense) Any fundamental principles or rules.
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(uncountable) The study of a supersensual realm or of phenomena which transcend the physical world.
(uncountable) Displeasingly abstruse, complex material on any subject.
(countable) Plural of countable senses of metaphysic.
As nouns the difference between religion and metaphysics
is that religion is the belief in and worship of a supernatural controlling power, especially a personal god or gods while metaphysics is 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).religion
English
(wikipedia religion)Noun
(en noun)- My brother tends to value religion , but my sister not as much.
- Islam is a major religion in parts of Asia and Africa.
- Eckankar is a new religion''' but Zoroastrianism is an old '''religion .
- The monk entered religion when he was 20 years of age.
- At this point, ''Star Trek'' has really become a religion .
- Oh with what religion doe I respect and observe the same!
Usage notes
Generally speaking, certain groups that do not acknowledge the existence of one or more deities, such as Buddhism, are still religious—though some people prefer a definition of religion without non-theistic groups within the definition. Others are in favor of a more inclusive definition of religion that recognizes that everyone has their own set of religious beliefs.Synonyms
* faith * mythologyHyponyms
* See alsoHypernyms
* belief systemDerived terms
* Abrahamic religion * false religion * pseudoreligion * misreligionSee also
* afterlife * animism * atheism * belief * church * crusade * cult * druid * faith * jihad * holy * holy man * monk * monotheism * mystic * nun * order * polytheism * priest * reincarnation * sacred * sage * sect * seer * shaman * shrine * spiritual leader * spirituality * superstition * temple * wizard *Statistics
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English
(wikipedia metaphysics)Noun
- Philosophers sometimes say that metaphysics is the study of the ultimate nature of the universe.
- 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.
Gorbachev: The Unlikely Patron of Change," Time :
- The metaphysics of global power has changed. Markets are now more valuable than territory.
- I have a collection of books on metaphysics , covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.
- This political polemic strikes me as a protracted piece of overwrought, fog shrouded metaphysics !
