ABSTRACT
The Danish word Metaphysik (modern spelling metafysik) derives from the Medieval Latin metaphysica, the neuter plural corresponding to the Byzantine Greek μεταφυσικά. The Greek title τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά was originally attached to the work we know as Aristotle’s Metaphysics to indicate that it came after the Physics. In this philosophical sense, metaphysics attempts to understand the first and final principles and concepts that most adequately fathom or represent the depths of reality, as well as to understand the basic properties or true nature of things.1
