define metaphysic
Metaphysics (Aristotle) Aristotelianism. Metaphysics (Greek: Ïá½° Î¼ÎµÏá½° Ïá½° ÏÏÏÎ¹ÎºÎ¬; Latin: Metaphysica) is one of the principal works of Aristotle and the first major work of the branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is being qua being, or being insofar as it is being.