On 20 Jan 2007 17:14:03 -0800, "galathaea" gmail.com>
wrote:

That's a strange kind of metaphysics!

(using the Britannica's definition of it: Metaphysics - the philoso-
phical study whose object is to determine the real nature of
things—to determine the meaning, structure, and principles of
whatever is _insofar_as_it_is_)

By the way, why is this item running in 5 different groups?
I have reduced it (via the followup) to the first two (philosophy)
groups.

JH