Metaphysical poets of Wotton himself that prefaced the collection of Wotton's works in 1651. A life of George Herbert followed them in 1670. The links between Donne’s elegists were thus of a different order from those between Donne and his circle of friends, often no more than professional acquaintanceship. And once the poetic style had been launched, its tone and approach remained available as a model for later writers who might not necessarily commit themselves so wholly to it. Metaphysical poets The term metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose
Metaphysical Society of America history of the society, "Being in America: Sixty Years of the Metaphysical Society", was published by Rodopi in 2014 in its Histories and Addresses of Philosophical Societies Series. Since the founding of the Metaphysical Society, presidential addresses have been published in the "Review of Metaphysics", which was also founded by Paul Weiss. Metaphysical Society of America The Metaphysical Society of America is a philosophical organization founded by Paul Weiss in 1950. As stated in its constitution, "The purpose of the Metaphysical Society of America is the study of reality." The society is a member of the American Council of Learned