Relating to or describing the downward, inward, or lower aspects of physical reality; an obsolete philosophical term.
From 'cataphysic' with the suffix '-al.' A rare term appearing in historical philosophical texts and dictionaries.
Medieval and Renaissance philosophers loved these 'cata-' words to describe inward-looking physical processes—it's fascinating how they used direction as a metaphor for understanding!
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