The Immersion in Transcendence of Man from Nature

Abstract

The complex of events which is usually referred to as Nature comprises such multiplicity and gradation of beings that their relation to the matrix, Nature itself, and to each other, is not at all clear. In fact, the term itself, Nature, is ambiguous to some extent, or, at least, ambivalent. In current usage, it comes to express various meanings, as indicated, for instance, in the following statements: I am in harmony with Nature; I love the beauties of nature; man must follow the laws of Nature; Nature has its own healing powers; Nature is prodigal and bountiful; man must act according to his nature; man is by nature agressive; that person has a kind nature; Nature acts with necessity; Nature is the greatest spectacle in the world; the world is the work of Nature. We also speak of the nature of man, the nature of animals, the nature of material elements and plants, the nature of science, the nature of metaphysics, even of the nature of God.