Metaphysics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy that can be traced all the way back to Aristotle. This philosophy postulates that physical objects exist statically, never moving or changing, and isolated from their surroundings. Because of this, things must always equal themselves, become “self-identical” in the Hegelian sense. This implies that these static objects lack any contradictions whatsoever, hence they never change.
Metaphysics stands in stark contrast with the Marxist philosophy of dialectical materialism.