Physis (Nature) was conceived by the Greeks since early times as the loosely personified sum total of the creative powers

Physis (Nature) was conceived by the Greeks since early times as the loosely personified sum total of the creative powers or creative genius of the cosmos at work. The word is derived from the Greek verb “phuō” which means “I grow, I am (by nature)” (a word, incidentally, cognate with English “be”).

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