Natural philosophy was the study of the physical universe that was dominant before the development of modern science. From the ancient world, starting with Aristotle, to the 19th century, natural philosophy was the common term for the practice of studying nature. Natural philosophy was distinguished from the other precursor of modern science, natural history, in that natural philosophy involved reasoning and explanations about nature, whereas natural history was more qualitative and descriptive. We begin 2020 by examining the origins and development of natural philosophy from the Greeks to the Scientific Revolution which set the stage for Humboldtian science.

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