what is nature?

Answer 1

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The term generally does not include manufactured objects and human interaction unless qualified in ways such as, e.g., "human nature" or "the whole of nature". Nature is also generally distinguished from the supernatural. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the galactic.

The word "nature" derives from the Latin word natura, or "the course of things, natural character." Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. This is well shown in the first written use of the word φύσις, in connection with a plant. The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion; it began with certain core applications of the word φύσις by pre-Socratic philosophers, and has steadily gained currency ever since. This usage was confirmed during the advent of modern scientific method in the last several centuries.

Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" may refer to the general realm of various types of living plants and animals, and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects – the way that particular types of things exist and change of their own accord, such as the weather and geology of the Earth, and the matter and energy of which all these things are composed. It is often taken to mean the "natural environment" or wilderness – wild animals, rocks, forest, beaches, and in general those things that have not been substantially altered by human intervention, or which persist despite human intervention. This more traditional concept of natural things which can still be found today implies a distinction between the natural and the artificial, with the latter being understood as that which has been brought into being by a human or human-like consciousness or mind..

Answer 2

Nature, in the broadest sense, is equivalent to the natural world, physical universe, material world or material universe. The word "nature" derives from the Latin word natura, or "the course of things, natural character."Within the various uses of the word today, "nature" may refer to the general realm of various types of living plants and animals, and in some cases to the processes associated with inanimate objects – the way that particular types of things exist and change of their own accord, such as the weather and geology of the Earth, and the matter and energy of which all these things are composed.

Answer 3

Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The term generally does not include manufactured objects and human interaction unless qualified in ways such as, e.g., "human nature" or "the whole of nature". Nature is also generally distinguished from the supernatural. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the galactic.

the word "nature" derives from the Latin word natura, or "the course of things, natural character."[1] Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.[g] This is well shown in the first written use of the word φύσις, in connection with a plant.[a] The concept of nature as a whole, the physical universe, is one of several expansions of the original notion.

Answer 4

Nature is the other name of God ,
But it finds more acceptance than God.
Nature is caused naturally by cause and effect cycle with out any bias and it finds ready acceptance by all with out arguments.
God is another name for nature ,created by opportunists to take advantage of the weakness of the people and this kind of exploitation will continue so long as humanity exist.

Answer 5

Nature may be looked upon as the SUM TOTAL OF THE UNIVERSE, in the broader sense. But, if we were to restrict the term to a narrow field of "common" level, Nature is the sum total of all that we see, feel, smell, touch, hear, and endure in our worldly existence.

Answer 6

I would tend to agree with Lucas. "Human dams and beaver dams" DOES sound on the same level..... in a broader perspective.

Nature is EVERYTHING we see around us - INCLUDING Humans

Defining "Nature" as 'Things only God can create' and Subtracting man-made things from "nature" leads to an embarrassing inference - that God does not know to crate a car or a radio or a dam

Its seems better to take THIS point of view - God creates dams tho beavers,and He creates dams thro humans too - its all natural :)

Answer 7

Are you referring to human nature or mother nature?

Answer 8

to me, nature is everything we've ever known.

some say that subdivisions are "not natural"

but a group of beavers build a damn, and they say "that is natural"

i don't see the difference.

are we less natural than the other animals? i think not.

EVERYTHING is nature

Answer 9

Nature is uncensored characteristics of the phenomenal world.

Answer 10

To me nature are things that only God can do. Sky, moon, days, breeze, snow, climate, earthquake, thunder, trees, --and God works thru man/woman to make the seeds we plant grow.