Nature

  Nature , in the broadest sense, is the natural, physical, material world or   universe . "Nature" can refer to the   phenomena   of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of   science . Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from other natural phenomena. [1] The word  nature  is borrowed from the  Old French   nature  and is derived from the  Latin  word  natura , or "essential qualities, innate disposition", and in ancient times, literally meant " birth ". [2]  In ancient philosophy,  natura  is mostly used as the Latin translation of the Greek word  physis  (φύσις), which originally related to the intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. [3] [4]  The concept of nature as a whole, the physical  universe , is one of several expansions of the original notion; [1]  it bega