However, when early humans first began to reflect on the nature of things around them, they discovered that they needed an idea of number simply to keep their thoughts in order.

然而，当早期的人类第一次开始反思周围事物的本质，他们发现只是为了让思维保持有序也需要有数字的概念。

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Of course, in the nature of things, and with a lot of drinking going on, people failed to notice.

当然了，事出必然，酒酣之间人们没有注意到。

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All the things of nature have fallen asleep with him, an expression of eternity on their faces.

所有大自然的事情随着他一同睡去，在他们脸上浮现永恒的表情。

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The world we see is full of them, but the world of physics, our ultimate arbiter on the nature of things, is made up strictly of colourless fields and particles.

ECONOMIST: Science and history of colour

In fact, according to Aristotle, return on capital was a violation of the nature of things.

FORBES: Christmas, Kurtosis, Fat Tails, Black Swans and Risk Management

The 2012 diaries cover a wide range of topics including notes on nature, how much things cost and the weather at the Anglesey show.

BBC: Anglesey diaries presented to island archive