Book of Nature
Proper noun
Meaning
the Book of Nature
A religious and philosophical concept originating in the Latin Middle Ages which views nature as a book to be read for knowledge and understanding.
book of nature
Alternative letter-case form of Book of Nature
Examples
Galileo wrote that 'the book of nature is written in the language of mathematics; without its help it is impossible to comprehend a single word of it.
There is nothing more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature.
Anything created by human beings is already in the great book of nature.
Physics has in the main contented itself with studying the abridged edition of the book of nature.
For a person of understanding, interacting with children is endlessly interesting. Here one sees the book of nature thrown open, stripped of artificiality.