But if subtleties and sophisms composed the greater part of the metaphysics or pneumatics of the schools, they composed the whole of this cobweb science of ontology, which was likewise sometimes called metaphysics.

但是，如果说微妙和诡辩构成了形而上学或流派的风力学的大部分，那么它们就构成了整个本体论的蛛网科学，它有时也被称为形而上学。

The subject in which, after a very few simple and almost obvious truths, the most careful attention can discover nothing but obscurity and uncertainty, and can consequently produce nothing but subtleties and sophisms, was greatly cultivated.

在极少数简单和几乎明显的真理之后，最细心的注意只能发现晦涩和不确定的东西，因此只能产生微妙和诡辩的主题，因此得到了极大的培养。