The Reflection Of Physis And The Theory Of Philosophy

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Physis is the Greek word that originally derived from the Latin word nutura, meaning, “to be born” or “birth”. “Physis as emergence can be observed everywhere, e.g. in celestial phenomena, in the rolling sea, in the growth of plants, in the coming forth man and animal from the womb.” (Fundamental 14). This relates to the fundamental question of how things appear. I say this because physis is the process of coming to be; this has to do with the “Is” of philosophy. “Physis is the process of a-rising, of emerging from the hidden, whereby the hidden is first made to stand.” (Fundamental 14-15). Physis is the reason why there is “something “ and “nothing”. What this is simply stating is the result of moving away from the Greek definition resulted in philosophical thinking to question “what” instead of “is”. This is a movement from the fundamental question “why there are …show more content…

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