Branches of Philosophy
โ Metaphysics
โ Ethics
โ Epistemology
โ Logic
โ Aesthetics
1.Metaphysics
Metaphysics study the nature of reality. It is the study of being. Metaphysics categories the level
of the being.
being - anything that exists.
Meta - after
Metaphysics - after physics
Hierarchy of Being
- Level of existence of beings.
Being in Mind
โ Lowest kind of being.
โ Pure potentiality
Things
โ Can be moved, not a mover.
โ Actualize or take an actual form.
Animals and Plants
โ A mover that can be moved.
โ Animated
โ capable of independent motion.
Human Person
โ A mover that can be moved.
โ Combination of body and soul.
โ A rational animal
โ "Man is a rational animal"
Angels
โ A mover that can be moved.
โ Beings of pure spirit.
โ Pure spirit = eternal
Supreme Being
