: All - I reland ▁Senior ▁Hur ling ▁Championship ▁Final s ▁Category : C ork ▁senior ▁hur ling ▁team ▁matches ▁Category : K il ken ny ▁G AA ▁matches <0x0A> </s> ▁Nature , ▁in ▁the ▁broad est ▁sense , ▁is ▁the ▁natural , ▁physical , ▁or ▁material ▁world ▁or ▁universe . ▁" N ature " ▁can ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁phen omena ▁of ▁the ▁physical ▁world , ▁and ▁also ▁to ▁life ▁in ▁general . ▁The ▁study ▁of ▁nature ▁is ▁a ▁large , ▁if ▁not ▁the ▁only , ▁part ▁of ▁science . ▁Although ▁humans ▁are ▁part ▁of ▁nature , ▁human ▁activity ▁is ▁often ▁understood ▁as ▁a ▁separate ▁category ▁from ▁other ▁natural ▁phen omena . ▁ ▁The ▁word ▁nature ▁is ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁word ▁natur a , ▁or ▁" ess ential ▁qual ities , ▁inn ate ▁disposition ", ▁and ▁in ▁ancient ▁times , ▁literally ▁meant ▁" b irth ". ▁In ▁ancient ▁philosophy , ▁N atura ▁is ▁mostly ▁used ▁as ▁the ▁Latin ▁translation ▁of ▁the ▁Greek ▁word ▁phys is ▁( φ ύ σ ι ς ), ▁which ▁originally ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁intr insic ▁characteristics ▁that ▁plants , ▁animals , ▁and ▁other ▁features ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁develop ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁accord . ▁ ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁nature ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁the ▁physical ▁universe , ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁several ▁exp ans ions ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁notion ; ▁it ▁began ▁with ▁certain ▁core ▁applications ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁ φ ύ σ ι ς ▁by ▁pre - S ocr atic ▁philosoph ers ▁( though ▁this ▁word ▁had ▁a ▁dynamic