Metaphysical poets was established, however, it was occasionally adopted by other and especially younger poets to fit appropriate circumstances. In the chapter on Abraham Cowley in his "Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets" (1779–81), Samuel Johnson refers to the beginning of the seventeenth century in which there "appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets". This does not necessarily imply that he intended "metaphysical" to be used in its true sense, in that he was probably referring to a witticism of John Dryden, who said of John Donne: He affects the metaphysics, not only in his satires,
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