the branch of philosophy that deals with the first principles of things, including abstract concepts such as being, knowing, substance, cause, identity, time, and space
形而上学,形上学,玄学。
abstract theory or talk with no basis in reality
抽象理论;空谈,空头理论
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his concept of society as an organic entity is ,for market liberals ,simply metaphysics .对于自由市场论者来说,把社会看成是有机实体的观点纯粹是空头理论。
"mid 16th cent.: representing medieval Latin