Metaphysics (
Greek: τὰ μετὰ τὰ φυσικά;
Latin:
Metaphysica) is one of the principal works of
Aristotle and the first major work of the
branch of philosophy with the same name. The principal subject is "being qua being," or being insofar as it is being. It examines what can be asserted about anything that exists just because of its
existence and not because of any special qualities it has. Also covered are different kinds of
causation,
form and
matter, the existence of
mathematical objects, and a prime-mover
God.