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:

    “Long shall we seek his likeness, long in vain,
    And turn to all of him which may remain,
    Sighing that Nature formed but one such man,
    And broke the die—in moulding Sheridan!”
    —George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)

    “The nature of rumor is known to all.”
    —Tertullian (c. 150–230)

    “To eat steak rare ... represents both a nature and a morality.”
    —Roland Barthes (1915–1980)