2009-04-26

Metaphysics


In Aristotle’s posthumously edited works, following his book on Physics was a book which no one knew how to label. This untitled book dealt with such things as existence, being, the divine, and logic. For this reason, the chapter was given the no-nonsense title "metaphysics": μετά (metá) (meaning “beyond” or “after”) and φυσικά (physiká) (meaning “physical”) to say, the chapter after "the chapter on physics". Since then, the word has come to mean the study of ultimate and fundamental reality.

“WeiQi Metaphysics” implies those aspects of the game which are philosophical rather than practical side of the game. So we will not discuss joseki, tesuji, fuseki, go equipment, go tournaments, etc ... -- these practical aspect of the game are covered incredibly well at other sites (see my side links). Here we will us WeiQi to dream about metaphysics !

1 comment:

yunshui said...

I'm delighted to have found this blog - a truly fascinating idea! I shall read with interest.

Just realised that reads like one of those dreadful bloody spam comments that I keep having to delete. So rest assured that I am a real person, a Go player with a keen interest in metaphysics. I'm putting you on my blogroll, Sabio.