What does ‘nature’ mean?

Ducarme, Frédéric; Couvet, Denis

doi:10.1057/s41599-020-0390-y

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“…The nature in its physical meaning contain many natural elements such as plants, water, rivers, stars, moon, sun, etc. 10 The nature and the climate of Egypt has greatly influenced its civilisation. From earliest periods, the ancient Egyptian people's concepts, religious beliefs, art and literature were profoundly impacted by the natural elements and phenomena which either on the earth or on the sky.…”

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confidence: 99%

Metaphorical Use of Nature in Expressing Self-perfection from the Middle Kingdom till the Early of the Ptolemaic Period

Heragi¹,

Zien²

2020

International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality

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Using metaphors of self-perfection and pride are considered clear and strong indication that the Egyptians gave care for their social image and the way it was presented for the readers of their literary texts. Therefore, they strived to present their self-perfection in an aesthetic and atypical way through a decorative and beautiful language. The study discusses representations of the self-perfection by the individuals in ancient Egyptian literature until the early Ptolemaic Period. The researcher argued that the ancient Egyptians were aware of how to draw pictures of their reality and characters in metaphorical way by using the most appropriate examples. For example, they used some natural elements like sun, moon, stars, flowers, plants, trees, flowing waters of the Nile and others because of their beautiful and beneficent nature. These metaphors express many moral aspects of ancient Egyptians' character such as greathearted, brave, trusted, sharp, lovable, and cool person.

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Metaphorical Use of Nature in Expressing Self-perfection from the Middle Kingdom till the Early of the Ptolemaic Period

Heragi¹,

Zien²

2020

International Journal of Heritage, Tourism and Hospitality

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“…In recent years, various definitional approaches have been proposed that are more or less able to describe the complexity of nature [4,27,28], but especially in the research of human-nature connections in environmental-psychology the term nature often remains undefined [29]. An illustrated representation of "nature" is therefore not an easy task, since the definitions of "nature" differ culturally and historically [30]. Most current definitions describe nature as all things that exist independently from humans, such as animals, plants, but also the inanimate parts of nature (e.g., mountains, weather, waters, etc.)…”

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Measuring Connection to Nature—A Illustrated Extension of the Inclusion of Nature in Self Scale

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The human-nature connection is an important factor that is frequently the subject of environmental education research and environmental psychology. Therefore, over the years, numerous measuring instruments have been established to quantitatively record a person’s connection to nature. However, there is no instrument specifically for children with cognitive limitations. For this reason, in this study, an established scale for connection to nature, the inclusion of nature in self scale (INS), was modified especially for the needs of this group. Study 1 investigated what students understand by the term “nature” in order to create an illustrated version of the INS. In study 2, the new instrument was tested on university students and compared with the original INS and the connectedness to nature scale (CNS). No significant differences between the original INS and the new developed scale were found (p = 0.247), from which it can be concluded that the illustrated INS (IINS) measures the connection to nature with similar accuracy as the original INS. In study 3, the instrument was tested together with other established nature connection instruments on the actual target group, students with disabilities. The correlation between the IINS, the CNS, and nature connectedness scale (NR) were in accordance with the expected literature values (rIINS-CNS = 0.570 & rIINS-NR = 0.605). The results of this study also prove effectiveness of the developed illustrated scale. This research thus provides a suitable measuring instrument for people with learning difficulties and can make a contribution to the investigation of human-nature connections and conservation education.

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“…It may be argued that the concept of Brahman is the same as the scientific concept of 'Nature'. There is no standard definition of Nature in science and different discourses converge on the same line that "everything that has existence is Nature" (Ducarme and Couvet 2020). Different types of living and non-living forms develop, eliminate, and again get assimilated into the Brahman.…”

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A Reinterpretation of Hindu Spirituality for Addressing Environmental Problems

Awasthi

2021

Religions

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Global environmental change is a serious threat to our existence and requires immediate actions from every dimension of our efforts. The cultural pathway has much potential to address environmental problems because it is expected to promote environment-friendly behavior in people. However, its implementation on the ground requires a wise coordination of the cultural and scientific ways of thinking. Hinduism has great potential to embrace environment-friendly behavior due to its receptivity to change and tendency of adopting and theologizing new developments. However, due to the presence of a wide gap between theoretical philosophy and actual practices, the potential of environmental sensibility, inherent in Hindu spirituality, could not be harnessed. Here, I reinterpret the key concepts of Hinduism in the light of modern scientific wisdom for their synchronization with current challenges. I identify some solutions for promoting environment-friendly practices in Hinduism through the coordination of science and culture.

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What does ‘nature’ mean?

Cited by 66 publications

References 26 publications

Metaphorical Use of Nature in Expressing Self-perfection from the Middle Kingdom till the Early of the Ptolemaic Period

Metaphorical Use of Nature in Expressing Self-perfection from the Middle Kingdom till the Early of the Ptolemaic Period

Measuring Connection to Nature—A Illustrated Extension of the Inclusion of Nature in Self Scale

A Reinterpretation of Hindu Spirituality for Addressing Environmental Problems

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