On the Nature of Nature

This book is a treatise on the possibility of unearthing the "personality" of Nature ? of Nature's nature. A central concern here is to identify the man/nature interface by noting that man's foremost interest or quest regarding Nature is to conquer it ? to control it. The quest is never about solely understanding nature. And why, might we ask, do we want to control nature entirely? The answer is: We want to be completely safe!A second question then seeking an answer is: Does wanting to...
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This book is a treatise on the possibility of unearthing the "personality" of Nature ? of Nature's nature. A central concern here is to identify the man/nature interface by noting that man's foremost interest or quest regarding Nature is to conquer it ? to control it. The quest is never about solely understanding nature. And why, might we ask, do we want to control nature entirely? The answer is: We want to be completely safe!A second question then seeking an answer is: Does wanting to be safe regarding Nature imply that Nature is dangerous ? and of course meaning dangerous to us? The answer is: Yes, absolutely. Nature is universally experienced as dangerous to us. Thus, in this book, Nature will be defined to mean innate disposition. In addition, we will examine Nature as defined solely in terms of this inanimate innate nature but not with respect to considering wildlife as immediately relevant to this particular discussion. We here in our treatise of Nature in the context of its innate disposition will be focused on rocks not butterflies. We shall try to identify the very essence regarding the nature of Nature and in seeing perhaps what Nature's "personality" looks like; and further, where this reveal inevitably might lead us with respect to a greater understanding of Nature's entire personality infrastructure along with Nature's inevitable proclivities.