ex rerum natura

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  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.

Word forms

ex rerum natura

Etymology

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

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