The Spiritual Life: A User’s Guide
Bruno Bérard Oct. 2026
Metaphysics is the science that questions the beyond of the physical world. It is about answering, for example, Leibniz’s question: “Why is there something, rather than nothing?” or to understand Plato saying that all cosmology can only be “a probable myth (ton eikota mython)”, because it is, “of all necessity the image of something” (Timaeus, 29b, 29d). It is this something, this necessary source of things that metaphysics sets out to reveal.
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If our science of nature remains hypothetical, it is not because of the weakness of our intelligence; it is because of a lack of reality in the object to be known. The ultimate reality of the universe is in its “beyond”: metaphysical science begins where physical science is forced to stop. The essential constraint of physics is in the constitution of its object of study: the physical. And while metaphysical questions often emerge in the study of the physical—from astrophysics to quantum mechanics—the physical sciences are not equipped to engage such questions. This is just one reason why we need metaphysics.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Logic, Metalogic, Metaphysics
Can logic be self-sufficient? The distinction between laws and rules, between language and metalanguage, leads from logic to metalogic and then to metaphysics, as soon as the question of the first principles of thought arises. Drawing in particular on the work of François Chenique and Jean Borella, this article shows that these principles are not merely formal conventions but belong to the very nature of intelligence and, ultimately, to its relationship with the Logos.
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Metaphysics
In Memoriam — Jean Borella (1930–2026)
With the passing of Jean Borella, we have lost more than a great philosopher. We have lost one of the few contemporary thinkers who restored metaphysics to its full legitimacy, intelligence to its contemplative vocation, and Christianity to the depth of its gnostic dimension. For me, his passing also means the loss of a friend, […]
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Metaphysics and Theology
Metaphysical Symbolism of the sexual act
What if the sexual act conveyed infinitely more than what biology, psychology, or eroticism make of it? Beyond the countless metaphors with which cultures have surrounded sexuality, the union of man and woman can be understood as a genuine symbol: that of the encounter between axis and center, action and receptivity, giving and receiving. From the universal symbolism of the cave to Creation and ultimately to the Trinitarian mystery, carnal union thus affords a glimpse of a reality that transcends it: that of Love as reciprocal gift, referring man and woman back to their transcendent model.
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Metaphysics and Philosophy
Learning to Wonder Again
Contemporary man does not lack surprises: he is constantly receiving them. But does he still know how to wonder? From Pascal and Uexküll to Plato, Aristotle, Russell, Alquié, and Borella, rediscovering wonder means recovering that moment when what seemed self-evident becomes a question—and where philosophy, if not metaphysics, begins.
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Metaphysics
Does Truth Precede Knowledge?
Is truth simply the agreement between intelligence and reality? The distinction between logical and ontological truth shows, on the contrary, that knowledge presupposes an already intelligible reality: truth does not result from knowledge; it precedes it.
Metafysikós is the transliteration of modern Greek μεταφυσικός ; ancient Greek metaphusika gave the Latin metaphysica.
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This site has the ambition to make accessible to most people a metaphysical science which, freed from too many scientific or philosophical complexities, becomes easy to understand. Different books and articles, written with the aim of facilitating access, are thus presented one by one and a glossary of the few inevitable technical words has been established to make the approach even easier.
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