Nature
Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical world, or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic.
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Some articles on nature:
... for natural sciences and 'biological service', The Nature Conservancy (1949–1973), and allowed for the legal protection of National Nature Reserves and Sites of Special ... Captain Cyril Diver as Director General of The Nature Conservancy in 1952 and served until 1966, just after the Conservancy lost its independent status ... created the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (now the World Wide Fund for Nature) ...
... There are es 26 nature reserves in the county of Soltau-Fallingbostel ... The largest one (Lüneburg Heath Nature Reserve) has an area of 13,222 ha in the territory of the county of Soltau-Fallingbostel, the smallest (Söhlbruch) has an area of 8 ha ... See also Nature reserves in Lower Saxony ...
... The Stoics held that no one was a slave by nature slavery was an external condition juxtaposed to the internal freedom of the soul (sui juris) ... that this cannot be better exemplified than with regard to the theory of the equality of human nature." Charles H ... Legibus that "we are born for Justice, and that right is based, not upon's opinions, but upon Nature." ...
... The north-eastern part of former Riga District is covered by the largest deciduous forests in Latvia ... The Gauja National Park is part of these forests and has more than 900 kinds of plants, 48 species of mammals and 149 species of birds ...
... Outer space is certainly spacious, but it is far from empty ... Outer space is sparsely filled with several dozen types of organic molecules discovered to date by microwave spectroscopy, blackbody radiation left over from the big bang and the origin of the universe, and cosmic rays, which include ionized atomic nuclei and various subatomic particles ...
More definitions of "nature":
- (noun): The natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc..
Example: "They tried to preserve nature as they found it"
- (noun): A particular type of thing.
Example: "Problems of this type are very difficult to solve"; "he's interested in trains and things of that nature"; "matters of a personal nature"
- (noun): A causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe.
Example: "The laws of nature"; "nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women"
- (noun): The complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions.
Example: "It is his nature to help others"
Famous quotes containing the word nature:
“Spirit, that made those heroes dare
To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and thee.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Good nature and good sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive divine.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
“Nature never wears a mean appearance. Neither does the wisest man extort her secret, and lose his curiosity by finding out all her perfection. Nature never became a toy to a wise spirit.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)