~ METAMORPHOSE   id+ TRANSFORMATION
~ METAMORPHOSES  id+ ALTERED MORPHOLOGY or
                     NATURE from
      gr META  = BEYOND or BOUNDARY    see> METAPHOR
      gr METE    METER or MEASURE and  see> METACARPAL
      gr PHYSIS  NATURE and can imply  see> METEOR
                 GROWTH ZONE           see> METABOLISM
      see> METAPHYSIS for beyond PHYSIS or
           METAMORPHOSIS or SHAPE beyond BOUNDS
     biol> LIVING IS A SERIES OF
           METAMORPHOSES 
     note the cycles of a BUTTERFLY
     med> METAMORPHOSIS or a GENE MUTATION 
          can cause TISSUE METAPLASIA DYSPLASIA or
     NEOPLASIA and these are forms of altered
     MORPHOGENESIS
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     IDEAS LINKED WITH CANCER and BIRTH DEFECTS or
     DYSPLASIA and MALFORMATIONS   sug> TERATOLOGY
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     lit+ " PRISON TRANSFORMED ME
            IT TRANSFORMED ME
            FROM AN IDEOLOGIST INTO A HUMANIST "
                 attr to M DJILAS [#]
~ METAPHOR       or SIMILARITY RESEMBLANCE
                 id+ | INCOMPLETELY ALTERED
                       SHAPE NATURE or PHYSIS |
~ METAMORPHOSIS  lit+ TITLE for 15 books of poetry by OVID [#]
                      containing 250 STORIES taken from
                  GREEK AND ROMAN MYTHOLOGY
                  A VERITABLE THESAURUS OF CLASSIC MYTHOLOGY
                  NUMEROUS TRANSLATIONS WERE MADE BY
                  SUPERB SCHOLARS AMONG WHOM WAS
                  THE GREAT ENGLISH POET POPE
~ METAPHYSICS     A SPECIAL FORM OF DOGMATISM    sug> RELIGION
                  sc> A BRANCH OF SCIENCE INTERESTED IN ISSUES
                      REMOVED FROM THE PERCEPTION OF THE SENSES
     id+ | IMPLICITLY METAPHYSICS IS NOT CONCERNED
           WITH NATURE |              sug> NATURAL
     id+ | METAPHYSICS IS NOT SCIENCE |
         ply> SCIENTIFIC METHODS ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO
              ETHICAL OR METAPHYSICAL QUESTIONS 
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     for more see
     "AN INTELLIGENT PERSONS'S GUIDE TO PHILOSOPHY"
      by Roger SCRUTON [#]  Duckworth Publications 1999
     hx> note how GERMAN METAPHYSICS forged many modern
         SOCIAL NOTIONS  notably those by 
     KANT [#]   HEGEL [#]  MARX [#] also
     note the INHUMANE RESULTS WHEN METAPHYSICAL PRINCIPLES
          "TRANSCENDING" HUMANISM WERE INVOKED TO 
     JUSTIFY DEGENERATE or UNNATURAL or INHUMAN ACTS per 
     STATES LIKE THE see> USSR
     hx>  EPICURUS [#]  GOETHE [#]
          are among those who anticipated the
     possibility of ABUSES BY METAPHYSICAL ENTHUSIASTS
     rejected METAPHYSICS
     lit+ GOETHE CALLED METAPHYSICS
               A CURSE OF HUMANITY
~ METAPHYSIS   biol> med> implies BONE ENDS or TISSUE
                          BEYOND THE PHYSIS or
                          GROWTH PLATE
~ METASTASIS   id+ | BEYOND a SITE or LOCATION |
               biol> med> DISEASE PROCESS SPREAD BEYOND
                          ITS SITE OF ORIGIN
~ METEMPSYCHOSIS  med> COMPULSIVE BELIEF IN THE
                       TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS
  id+ REINCARNATION    sug> RESUSCITATE
  hx> BELIEF AND TEACHING BY ORPHICS  sug> ORPHEUS
      and PYTHAGORAS [#]  PLATO [#]
  lit+ PINDAR [#] WROTE THAT WHO LIVED THRICE BLAMELESSLY
       BECAME IMMORTAL AND MOVED TO ELYSIUM    see> HADES
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