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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