in rerum natura

British  

/ ɪn ˈrɛərʊm næˈtʊərə /

1. in the nature of things

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in rerum natura

The ingredients of hodge-podge exist in rerum natura, and the place they occupy and the function they fulfil in it are no less deserving of our inquisitive regard.

From Lectures on Popular and Scientific Subjects by Earl of Caithness John Sutherland Sinclair

Now if, like the key in our illustration, the religion in question were something given in rerum natura independent of human origination in any form, this argument would be practically irresistible.

From The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) by George Tyrrell

Why, you blockhead, there is no such thing in rerum natura.

From From Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In any case, a scientific reasoner might be expected to ask: 'Is this alleged acquisition of knowledge, not through the ordinary channels of sense, a thing in rerum natura?'

From The Making of Religion by Andrew Lang

So that, for aught we know, all we see, hear, and feel may be only phantom and vain chimera, and not at all agree with the real things existing in rerum natura.

From A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge by George Berkeley