In Greek, meta (μετά) means “after” or “beyond.” When Aristotle wrote his book, Metaphysics, his primary intention was to provide another work “after” his previous work, The Physics, which was a compilation of writings after the previous work (τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά). The implication, however, is more than chronological order. After hundreds of years of…

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