PHIL 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peace And Conflict Studies, Immanence
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This is not the place to make philosophical speculations about the nature of being. However, since i must use the word nature frequently, it is necessary that i explain clearly the meaning attributed to this word. I could say that nature is the sum of all things that have real existence. However, this would provide a concept of nature totally deprived of life, when she appears to us, on the contrary, as full of life and movement. Things that exist today will not exist tomorrow. Tomorrow they will not disappear, but will be completely transformed. Therefore, i will be much closer to the truth if i say: nature is the sum of effective transformations of things that exist and will be produced incessantly within her bosom. In order to make more precise this idea of the sum or totality i will advance the following proposition as a basic premise:
