What Is Nature Or What It?

Prior to diving into the many new insights that can be comprehended while viewing history through a natural lense, it is important to define nature in this context. While man is technically a creation of nature, and therefore nature himself, he shall be excluded from this brief definition of what composes nature. Here, nature will be considered everything living or otherwise on this earth that is not a creation or product of humanity. All other creatures and parts of the environment are to be considered nature.

Nature affects people the most because genes and hereditary factors in which influence people to become who they are. Plato and Descartes, philosophers, proposed that certain things are inborn and regardless of environmental influence they occur naturally and many other philosophers believed that all of our characteristics and behaviors are the result of evolution (Chemy 2). People learn new information every day; as soon as individuals are conceived their brain starts to learn and understand things around them. Newborn babies are accustomed to the mother’s womb and as a human being individuals are born oblivious to everything that appears to be around them. Each individual needs parents

In the beginning of creation of humans, nature has always been there as a friend. Nature is the phenomena of the physical world that includes plants, animals, the landscape, and other features that are on earth. Nature has all of the wild and domestic living things. Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet that led the transcendentalist movement and influenced other through his ideas and thinking. Ralph wrote “Nature,” and he describes his true feelings toward nature and God and how they have taken part of what has been created and also the relationship to humans. Ralph Waldo Emerson writes the passage “Nature” and he uses comparison between humans and nature and also uses figurative language to convey his appreciation and gratitude for nature.

“One touch of nature makes the whole world kin”-William Shakespeare. The relationship between humans and nature is that we are a part of nature. As per the study of human evolution, scientists discovered a wealth of evidence that shows how closely we are related to the other primates. We humans are an animal species: primate order: mammalian class: vertebrate sub-phylum. The study of Human genetics gave a proof that we are connected to each other and also to other organisms which are part of nature. The Earth is a natural thing, with all earthly inhabitants originated on earth naturally, that means we as humans are natural.

What is nature? The answer to that question is unique not only on a cultural basis but also unique to every person. When many people are confronted with different viewpoints or opinions on a particular subject, they often have the desire to conform that person’s opinions to their own. This creates a binary way of thinking. You either agree or disagree. This binary really is not effective, however, when discussing the topic of what is nature or what is natural because it is not a question that has a clear answer. We all have different connotations attached to the word nature. None of these connotations are wrong. They are just different. They are a product of our religion, our biology, and the experiences of our life. There have been many provocative thoughts expressed about what is natural that have either directly or indirectly defined nature to us. Whether it is an ancient story passed down through oral tradition throughout generations or modern writing, we have always looked to define nature not just for ourselves but for others around us. And this has caused only gridlock and confrontation.

Throughout today’s society there are several different cultural perspectives which form theoretical and practical understandings of natural environments, creating various human-nature relationship types. In this essay, I will describe and evaluate different ways of knowing nature and the impact of these views on human-nature relationships. From this, I will then explore my own human-nature relationship and reflect on how my personal experiences, beliefs and values has led me to this view, whilst highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of each and reflecting upon Martin’s (1996) continuum.

In every culture people have different creation stories from the ancient Aztecs to modern-day. Creation stories myths are symbolic since they are narratives of how the world began and how men were created. These stories or “myths” helped people in the past to explain the world around them (Long, 2015). However, people often use the term myth to describe these stories since they regarded as fiction while to some there true. Regardless, to who believes these “myths” but everyone has their own belief on the origin of the world.

Throughout history, different Native American tribes, such as the Apache, Iroquois, and Navajo people, have produced a variety of accounts of creation that perpetuated their own long-held beliefs. Native Americans have used tales to explain life's mysteries, improve their way of life, and uphold their own cultural identity. The diverse cultures have manipulated these creation stories to be told to fit customs and traditions, which revealed their beliefs about the creation of the world, the presence of the first people, the role of humans in the universe, and the accomplishments of gods and heroes. " They were strands woven together in the various tales and stories that defined peoples' identity and gave order and meaning to their lives. The most serious of these were myths about how the gods created and ordered the universe and about the origins of important things

What is nature? Nature is a force that controls us. We are born with natural talents that

Sabarish, your experiences and views of nature have drastically changed my outlook on the way humans observe and interact with nature. As you stated in your snow example, I never looked at snow or other spectacles of nature that could cause a burden for me through positivity. However, whenever I visit alluring scenes such as the Grand Canyon, I am transported into a world of tranquility and sublimity. Both of these polarized examples provide the way that humans, or at least I, judge the connotation of nature; if nature just exists around me without disturbing me, I view it as positive. Nevertheless, if nature disturbs the peace or hurts anyone, I view it as negative. This exact viewpoint depicts the tendency of humans to think of themselves

The people nowadays also abuse on what nature can provide to them. People are influenced by the western Culture, Man is more powerful and can have dominion over nature and that nature as they see become merely an instrument to satisfy human needs and wants. This kind of thinking or we can say attitude towards nature is called the “Anthropocentric Attitude”. Man reduce the value of nature as it is and it’s important because nature has made all things specifically for the sake of man and that the value of non-human things in nature is merely instrumental. An opposite thinking would be the Eastern Culture, for they value nature very well and they treat nature being one with them. This thinking or attitude is known as “Ecocentric

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In life we are all confronted with the idea of nature along with society. Although both have their pros and cons they work together to give us freedom and order among individuals.

What would you think when you see the word “nature”? To be more specific, I would say it’s refer to a person’s characteristic that are inherited. Those key concept of characteristics that allow humans to reproduces, perform actions, make decision and move. As we all know the story of Adam and eve, it was told that god created human beings whose lived in a paradise, but after they were found by eating the forbidden fruit, they were deported and formed the present world which full of suffering and injustice. In fact, the human being is fundamentally selfish but ambitious. For instance, People don’t really know or care about what they say and act may hurt others. When people first get to know about a person, you will always ask the person accidently of nationality. Of course some don’t mind, but some do. I always got asked by this question, and I usually said that I am an American but I was born in China because of my parents’ job. Meanwhile, I was also discriminated by the blacks and whites who come up to me and tell me to, “Go back to China”. Although it was just a word, but it was powerful phase of racism. There are two article which draw an idea of nature that humanness they’re making, “An Indian’s Looking-Glass for the White Man” by William Apess and “Banneker

I would define nature as the world around us without any type of human involvement. I believe that nature is anything natural to the earth. It is the plants, animals, rivers, forests, birds, weather, etc. It is a gift given to us from god. Most people believe that nature is just centered on the thought of the ocean and forest. Nature to me is the life source for all living creatures it provides us with the four essential things that we need to survive which are food, water, air, and shelter. However, we are so disconnected from nature we do not see the constant damage that is destroying our home.