Metaphysica

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Metaphysica is an 18th-century philosophical treatise by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten that systematizes metaphysics and helped shape later German idealist thought.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
metaphysics textbook ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
academicUse standard reference for metaphysics in German-speaking universities before Kant ⓘ
aim to systematize metaphysics as a science ⓘ
audience students of philosophy ⓘ
author A. G. Baumgarten ⓘ
Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ⓘ
classification early modern metaphysical system ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
field metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
genre scholastic metaphysics ⓘ
hasEdition multiple revised editions in the 18th century ⓘ
historicalContext Enlightenment-era German scholasticism ⓘ
impact provided a framework against which Kant reacted in his critical philosophy ⓘ
influenced 18th-century academic metaphysics ⓘ
German idealism ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
later German scholasticism ⓘ
influencedBy Christian Wolff ⓘ
Leibnizian-Wolffian philosophy ⓘ
method axiomatic-deductive method ⓘ
notableFor coining and systematizing the term "metaphysica" in a textbook format ⓘ
shaping the curriculum of German universities in metaphysics ⓘ
originalLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosophicalApproach rationalist metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalTradition German philosophy ⓘ
early modern philosophy ⓘ
publicationCentury 18th century ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor Aesthetica ⓘ
structure systematic exposition of metaphysics ⓘ
title Metaphysica ⓘ
topic cosmology ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
ontology ⓘ
psychology (rational psychology) ⓘ
usedAs university textbook ⓘ

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Metaphysica → title → Metaphysica ⓘ