每件事物都獨一無二
自然白雲蒼狗,變幻無窮。世上沒有哪兩棵樹是如雙生同胞般完全相同,他們的枝葉、果實也不盡相同。
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
自然規律乃萬物的向導
自然規律,約束著自然的走向。它為自然套上韁繩,成為她永恒的向導。
Necessity is the mistress and guide of nature. Necessity is the theme and inventress of nature, her curb and her eternal law.
因果相生
如萬物均為萬物之因,且因果相襲,則有因必有果。萬物為萬物之因,亦為萬物之果。某物在某些要素裏存在,它的構造也恰恰是這些要素。”阿那克薩哥拉如是說。
When anything is the cause of any other thing, and brings about by its movement any effect, the movement of the effect necessarily follows the movement of the cause.
Anaxagoras: Everything proceeds from everything, and everything becomes everything, because that which exists in the elements is composed of those elements.
自然最是簡單
自然活動的完成方式至為簡潔。
A natural action is accomplished in the briefest manner.
自創事物才值得自豪
研究者,沉思者,如你發現自然及其規律引發的事物,不可自滿。如你憑自己意願創造了事物,方可因此自豪。
O contemplators of things, do not pride yourselves for knowing those things which nature by herself and her ordination naturally conduces; but rejoice in knowing the purposes of those things which are determined by your mind.
萬物皆由自然供養
水在山間流淌,如同血液一般,滋養著山的生命。它還是自然對萬物的饋贈。麵對這群需水的生靈,自然從不吝嗇。一位受傷之人,因為有了自然的協助,血液充盈,在皮膚上形成腫塊,阻止了傷口進一步潰爛。同樣,當人們剪掉葡萄藤的末端,因為有了自然的協助,葡萄藤的根部不斷潤澤藤蔓,使末端不至於缺水枯竭。
自然用她的力量與仁慈,維係了葡萄藤的一輩子。
The water which rises in the mountains is the blood which keeps the mountain alive, and through this conduit or vein, nature, the helper of her creatures, prompt in the desire to repair the loss of the moisture expended, proffers the desired aid abundantly; just as in a stricken spot in man you will see, owing to the aid which is brought, the blood abound under the skin in a swelling, so as to succour the spot which has been stricken; likewise, in the case of the vine, when it is cut at its extremity, nature causes its moisture to rise from the lowest root to the end of the extremity which has been cut, and when this moisture has been expended nature ceases not to supply it with vital moisture to the end of its life.