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by wnmurphy 2885 days ago
What's a metaphysician? A doctor who doctors doctors?
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wje 2885 days ago
A person who studies metaphysics.

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy dealing with questions like 'What is there?'.

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jackcarter 2885 days ago
Odd, I'd have expected the term to be "metaphysicist."
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newsbinator 2885 days ago
You're thinking of a person who studies physicists.
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ebullientocelot 2885 days ago
A term that is unfortunately abused, at least where I live, by fortune telling shops and other such things.
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Koshkin 2885 days ago
Incidentally, 'doctor' is Latin for 'teacher'.
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schoen 2885 days ago
We could also sort of say that "physician" is Greek for "naturalist".

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CF%86%CF%85%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B...

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/naturalis#Etymology

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