ex rerum natura

English

Alternative forms
  • ex rerum naturâ

Etymology

From the Latin ex rērum nātūrā (“from the nature of things”).

Adverb

ex rerum natura (not comparable)

  1. From the nature of things; from the nature of the case; from nature; applied to arguments based on observation or experiment, as opposed to pure reason.
    • 1662 Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems (Dialogue 2):
      Let us hear the Arguments that follow, which are taken, as he saith, ex rerum naturâ.
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