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.
The
word nature is derived from the Latin word natura, or "essential
qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant
"birth".Natura was a Latin translation of the Greek word physis , which
originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants,
animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord.
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.
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