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Nature (disambiguation)

Generally, nature is the natural world, especially in its essential form, untainted by human influence.
- Naturalism (Philosophy): the philosophical stance based on the concept of nature in the materialistic and pragmatic sence that rejects the validity of explanations making use of entities inaccessible to natural science (compare with supernatural).
When relating to a human or another living organism, nature is innate behaviour, character, or essence.
The journal, Nature, is one of the oldest and most reputable general purpose scientific journals and was first published on November 4, 1869.
The French journal La Nature was founded in 1873 by Gaston Tissandier.
Mother Nature is the personification of nature as a maternal figure
"Nature" is shorthand for one side in the Nature versus nurture debate
Nature is an essay and collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Nature is the title of a television program that has been broadcast on United States public television channels since the 1990s.
Nature is an African-American rapper from Queensbridge, New York City, a former associate of Nas.

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