...And under this ontology, physis, which once meant the whole of beings that contain generative power, was reduced to a specific area of beings, inorganic material. The term metaphysica (Greek: ta meta ta physika) was originally given to Aristotle's lecture notes, which were left behind as posthumous manuscripts, when they were compiled and edited around the 1st century BCE, because it was placed after (meta) "physics" in the notes on "first philosophy." When it was used as a basis for the organization of the Christian doctrine system in late antiquity, it came to be interpreted as meaning "a science that deals with things (meta) beyond nature (physis), supernatural = metaphysical things." ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "metaphysica" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…そしてこの存在論のもとで,かつては生成力を内蔵した存在者の全体を意味していたフュシスが,無機的な素材という存在者の特定領域におとしめられてしまったのである。 〈メタフュシカmetaphysica〉(ギリシア語ではタ・メタ・タ・フュシカta meta ta physika)という言葉は,もともとは前1世紀ごろに,遺稿として残されていたアリストテレスの講義ノートが整理編集された際,〈第一哲学〉に関するノート群に,その配列の位置から,すなわち《自然学(フュシカ)》の〈あと(メタ)〉に配置されたことから付された名称である。それが古代末期にキリスト教の教義体系が組織されるときに下敷に使われた際,〈自然(フュシス)を超えた(メタ)ことがら,超自然的=形而上的なことがらを扱う学問〉という意味に読み替えられるようになったのである。… ※「metaphysica」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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