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 1      2, VII |             divided into physic and metaphysic; wherein I desire it may
 2      2, VII |       conceived that I use the word metaphysic in a differing sense from
 3      2, VII |           and acception of the term metaphysic as I do now understand the
 4      2, VII |              summary philosophy and metaphysic, which heretofore have been
 5      2, VII |             handled confusedly with metaphysic, I have enclosed and bounded
 6      2, VII |          what is left remaining for metaphysic; wherein I may without prejudice
 7      2, VII |           therefore transitory; and metaphysic that which is abstracted
 8      2, VII |             a being and moving; and metaphysic should handle that which
 9      2, VII |             and the other, which is metaphysic, handleth the formal and
10      2, VII |         between natural history and metaphysic. For natural history describeth
11      2, VII |           or respective causes; and metaphysic the fixed and constant causes.~“
12      2, VII |          the labour of man.~(5) For metaphysic, we have assigned unto it
13      2, VII |           of these, is that part of metaphysic which we now define of.
14      2, VII |      vehiculum formae. This part of metaphysic I do not find laboured and
15      2, VII |             the use of this part of metaphysic, which I report as deficient,
16      2, VII |          next the vertical point is metaphysic. As for the vertical point,
17      2, VII | multiplicity, which appeareth to be metaphysic; as that which considereth
18      2, VII |             commendeth this part of metaphysic, is that it doth enfranchise
19      2, VII |               7) The second part of metaphysic is the inquiry of final
20      2, VII |           inquired and collected in metaphysic, but in physic they are
21      2, VII |       Providence. And thus much for metaphysic; the latter part whereof
22      2, VIII|             with physic special and metaphysic, which is mathematic; but
23      2, VIII|             place it as a branch of metaphysic. For the subject of it being
24      2, VIII|            therefore most proper to metaphysic; which hath likewise been
25      2, VIII|        natural history, physic, and metaphysic. For many operations have
26      2, VIII|         therefore, we have reported metaphysic deficient, it must follow
27      2, VIII|          operations themselves from metaphysic, there are pertinent two
28      2, XIV |    sometimes to logic, sometimes to metaphysic, touching the common adjuncts