Nature

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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Famous quotes containing the word nature:

    “Such pure and genuine and childlike love of Nature is hardly to be found in any poet.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “It is enough if Homer but say the sun sets. He is as serene as nature, and we can hardly detect the enthusiasm of the bard. It is as if nature spoke.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “A nobleman who is wicked is by nature a monster.”
    —Molière [Jean Baptiste Poquelin] (1622–1673)