Spirit - Metaphysical and Metaphorical Uses

Metaphysical and Metaphorical Uses

English-speakers use the word "spirit" in two related contexts, one metaphysical and the other metaphorical.

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Famous quotes containing the word metaphysical:

    Some think to avoid the influence of metaphysical errors, by paying no attention to metaphysics; but experience shows that these men beyond all others are held in an iron vice of metaphysical theory, because by theories that they have never called in question.
    Charles Sanders Peirce (1839–1914)