Editing Metaphysics (section)

===Etymology===
The word ''metaphysics'' has its origin in the ancient Greek words {{tlit|grc|[[Meta (prefix)|metá]]}} ({{lang|grc|[[wikt:μετά|μετά]]}}, meaning {{gloss|after}}, {{gloss|above}}, and {{gloss|beyond}}) and {{tlit|grc|phusiká}} ({{lang|grc|[[wikt:φυσικά|φυσικά]]}}), as a short form of {{tlit|grc|ta metá ta phusiká}}, meaning {{gloss|what comes after the physics}}. This is often interpreted to mean that metaphysics discusses topics that, due to their generality and comprehensiveness, lie beyond the realm of physics and its focus on empirical observation.<ref name=":0"/> Metaphysics may have received its name by a historical accident when [[Metaphysics (Aristotle)|Aristotle's book]] on this subject was published.<ref>{{multiref | {{harvnb|Hamlyn|2005|p=590}} | {{harvnb|Mumford|2012|loc=§ 10. What Is Metaphysics?}} | {{harvnb|Pols|1993|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=sv84Gi7C9jgC&pg=PA203 203]}} | {{harvnb|Lowe|2013|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=Las3AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA127 127]}} }}</ref> Aristotle did not use the term ''metaphysics'' but his editor (likely [[Andronicus of Rhodes]]) may have coined it for its title to indicate that this book should be studied after Aristotle's book published on [[Physics (Aristotle)|physics]]: literally {{gloss|after physics}}. The term entered the English language through the Latin word {{lang|la|[[wikt:metaphysica|metaphysica]]}}.<ref name=":0">{{multiref | {{harvnb|Hoad|1993|pp=291, 351}} | {{harvnb|Cohen|Reeve|2021|loc=Lead Section}} | {{harvnb|Carroll|Markosian|2010|pp=1–2}} | {{harvnb|Mumford|2012|loc=§ 10. What Is Metaphysics?}} | {{harvnb|Politis|2004|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=d-GjOoZNnGsC&pg=PA1 1]}} }}</ref>