nature

  • 41Nature — Primera portada de la revista Nature Nature es una de las más antiguas y famosas revistas científicas. Su primer número fue publicado el 4 de noviembre de 1869. A diferencia de otras no está especializada en ningún campo en concreto, publicando… …

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  • 42nature — An indefinitely mutable term, changing as our scientific conception of the world changes, and often best seen as signifying a contrast with something considered not part of nature. The term applies both to individual species (it is the nature of… …

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  • 43NATURE — DIALOGUE ENTRE LE PHILOSOPHE ET LA NATURE. LE PHILOSOPHE.     Qui es tu, nature ? je vis dans toi; il y a cinquante ans que je te cherche, et je n ai pu te trouver encore. LA NATURE.     Les anciens Égyptiens, qui vivaient, dit on, des douze… …

    Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • 44nature —    The distinction between nature and convention goes back to Anaximander, is well noted by Aristotle, and is the source of much social and political theory. It was not, however, until the romanticization of nature in the early modern period that …

    Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture

  • 45nature — /ˈneɪtʃə / (say naychuh) noun 1. the particular combination of qualities belonging to a person or thing by birth or constitution; native or inherent character: the nature of atomic energy. 2. the instincts or inherent tendencies directing conduct …

  • 46Nature —    Both romanticism in general and national romanticism show a strong preoccupation with nature, which in the latter manifests itself as worship of the nature of one s homeland. The Swedish poet Erik Gustav Geijer exemplifies romanticism s… …

    Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Literature and Theater

  • 47Nature —    One aspect of the common Western perception that indigenous peoples, especially hunter gatherers, are “close to nature” is that shamans and shamanism provide helpful leads in restoring human respect for the world. The fact that this close to… …

    Historical dictionary of shamanism

  • 48nature — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. character, type, sort, kind; essence, basis, essential; constitution, quality; disposition, structure; temperament, bent, class, form; heart; creation, universe. See feeling, intrinsic, tendency. II… …

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  • 49nature —   1. Kind. Ano.   Also: ōuli; hulu (rare).    ♦ Chiefly nature or character, na au ali i.    ♦ Dual natured, ano pāpālua. In the nature of, ā , ano like me.    ♦ Change of nature, loli ano.    ♦ Of similar nature, ano like, ho okahi nō ano.    ♦… …

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  • 50nature —    While the word nature has multiple meanings, perhaps its commonest use in philosophy is to identify the set of kind essential properties, a kind essence, that make something what it is. For instance, to be human is to exemplify a human nature… …

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