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Single Idea 589

[from 'fragments/reports' by Empedocles, in 26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature ]

Full Idea

Nature is but a word of human framing.

Gist of Idea

'Nature' is just a word invented by people

Source

Empedocles (fragments/reports [c.453 BCE], B008), quoted by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1015a

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Metaphysics', ed/tr. Lawson-Tancred,Hugh [Penguin 1998], p.119