Natural
Multiple
meanings for the same six letters spelling: nature,
may lead to confusion. 
Consider nature as a word that – at a minimum – may have four distinctively different meanings. Yet these variations on the concepts of nature have related definitions.
Emerson | Capra | Carr | Darwin | Dawkins | Mayr | Ehrlich | Einstein | Faulkner | Bronowski | Tattersall | Margulis | Wilson | Einstein's equation | Thomas
Essay about contemporary attitudes.
"But where science is supposed to be precise and measured, definitions can be frustratingly vague and variable."
These interrelated conceptualizations or the four meanings can be traced to ancient Greek thought, if not earlier. In origin and influence the meanings we derive from the use of the words: natural, nature, second nature or naturally are widespread and long-lasting.
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"Here
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