▁dimension ▁then , ▁especially ▁for ▁Her ac lit us ), ▁and ▁has ▁stead ily ▁gained ▁currency ▁ever ▁since . ▁During ▁the ▁advent ▁of ▁modern ▁scientific ▁method ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁several ▁centuries , ▁nature ▁became ▁the ▁pass ive ▁reality , ▁organized ▁and ▁moved ▁by ▁divine ▁laws . ▁With ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁revolution , ▁nature ▁increasing ly ▁became ▁seen ▁as ▁the ▁part ▁of ▁reality ▁dep riv ed ▁from ▁intent ional ▁inter vention ▁: ▁it ▁was ▁hence ▁considered ▁as ▁sacred ▁by ▁some ▁trad itions ▁( R ous seau , ▁American ▁trans c endent al ism ) ▁or ▁a ▁mere ▁decor um ▁for ▁divine ▁prov idence ▁or ▁human ▁history ▁( H eg el , ▁Marx ). ▁However , ▁a ▁vital ist ▁vision ▁of ▁nature , ▁closer ▁to ▁the ▁pres ocr atic ▁one , ▁got ▁re born ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁especially ▁after ▁Charles ▁Dar win . ▁ ▁Within ▁the ▁various ▁uses ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁today , ▁" n ature " ▁often ▁refers ▁to ▁ge ology ▁and ▁wild life . ▁Nature ▁can ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁general ▁real m ▁of ▁living ▁plants ▁and ▁animals , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases ▁to ▁the ▁processes ▁associated ▁with ▁in animate ▁objects — the ▁way ▁that ▁particular ▁types ▁of ▁things ▁exist ▁and ▁change ▁of ▁their ▁own ▁accord , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁weather ▁and ▁ge ology ▁of ▁the ▁Earth . ▁It ▁is ▁often ▁taken ▁to ▁mean ▁the ▁" natural ▁environment " ▁or ▁w ilder ness — w ild ▁animals , ▁rocks , ▁forest , ▁and ▁in ▁general ▁those ▁things ▁that ▁have ▁not ▁been ▁substantial