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Natural order

noun

The physical universe considered as an orderly system subject to natural (not human or supernatural) laws.

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"Natural order" Quotes from Famous Books

... happily, for using or rejecting the familiar twists of other languages. French having no declensions, and being always subject to the article, cannot adopt Greek and Latin inversions; it obliges words to arrange themselves in the natural order of ideas. Only in one way can one say "Plancus a pris soin des affaires de Cesar." That is the only arrangement one can give to these words. Express this phrase in Latin—Res Caesaris Plancus diligenter curavit: ...

— Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary • Voltaire

... epic may be determined from the fundamental conception of its nature. As a narrative of an important and heroic event, it should be simple, direct, and dignified in its treatment. The incidents should be introduced in a natural order, and their prominence should be regulated according to their relative importance. In an epic poem, as in every other creation of art, the law ...

— Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism • F. V. N. Painter

... individual control of the Government has been superceded by collective control, so individual control of industries will be followed by collective control. That is the natural order." ...

— The Dollar Hen • Milo M. Hastings

... in well with the bent of Louis's mind. For, though no statesman, he had in this matter a sound instinct that an absolute monarch aiding rebels to erect a free republic was an anomaly, and a hazardous contradiction in the natural order of things. But de Vergennes was the coming man in France, and Turgot no longer had the influence or the popularity to which his ability entitled him. In May, 1776, on an ill day for the French ...

— Benjamin Franklin • John Torrey Morse, Jr.

... thus, and not otherwise; but the basis which underlies and constantly reasserts itself is temperament. It makes people angry to say this, if they are determined to be so completely masters of their way in life that nothing but reason, in the natural order, shall be their guide; but though heroism of soul has overcome the greatest drawbacks of an unfortunate physical organization, these cases are rare, and in general it must be taken into account to such an extent that the battle against difficulties of ...

— The Education of Catholic Girls • Janet Erskine Stuart

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