Wednesday 15 August 2012

ميتافيزيقيا Metaphysics

Etymology of arabic words: the word ميتافيزيقيا
(mitafizikia) means Metaphysics and derives from the Greek word μεταφυσική (metafissiki) which has the same meaning and is composed by the word “μετά” (meta) which means "beyond", "upon" or "after" and the word “φυσική” (fissiki) which of course means “physics”. Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world and its founder is considered the Greek philosopher Aristotle. In Turkish they use the word metafizik.


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