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Government Is Unnatural, Anarchy Is Natural A practical analysis therein Naturosophy 1 If you have an open mind that permits you to objectively view reality, then this book is for you. Ignorance is no excuse. Copyright 2023 Cory Edmund Endrulat ISBN 9798375468228 2 Chapters: 1. The Natural (4) 2. Government (21) 3. Anarchy (52) 4. Suasion (67) 3 Chapter 1: The Natural The natural represents that of nature. The word “nature” comes from Latin natura "course of things; natural character, constitution, quality; the universe.” By the mid-14th century, as "the forces or processes of the material world; that which produces living things and maintains order." From the late 14th century as "creation, the universe" or "heredity, birth, hereditary circumstance; essential qualities, inherent constitution, innate disposition, initial character.” Some sources detail how the word comes from Egyptian “NTR”, meaning "god,” symbolized hieroglyphically as a simple stylized flag on a pole, which represented a force that was known to exist through its observable effects, but difficult or impossible 4 to see with the eye. NTR was actually pronounced inetfer/ (ne-cher), extremely close to the English pronunciation of "nature": inextfar/ (nay-cher). Nature may be wholly defined as “the phenomena of the physical world collectively, including plants, animals, the landscape, and other features and products of the earth, as opposed to humans or human creations.” From post-romantic philosophy (Rousseau, Romanticism, Transcendentalism, Muir, Christianity, Mill etc.) as “the whole of material reality, considered as independent of human activity and history.” From Stoicism, Atomism, Epicurism, Taoism, Descartes, Bacon, Spinoza, Aristotle, Mill, etc. as “the whole universe, as it is the place, the source and the result of material phenomena (including man or at least man’s body).” From Heraclitus, Hegel, Nietzsche, Darwin, Vitalism, etc. as “The specific force at the core of life and change.” Also from Aristotle, Mill, etc. as “the essence, inner quality and character, the whole of specific physical properties of an object, live or inert.” Therefore among these definitions, the macro (whole world) view of nature would be “the all” or “that which contains all that is natural”, whereas the micro (parts of the whole world) view of nature would be looking at the individual natures, that of which is natural within nature. 5 The essential understanding for what is considered “of nature” based on our definitions, is viewing nature through the lens of time. While everything within nature (the micro) is constantly changing, nature (the macro) stays the same. If nature is the “constitution”, “birth” or “initial character”, the “source” or “god” that is “core to change” itself then the natural must be what has always existed, being that it is “of nature.” The natural is then an alignment to nature, the present aligned to the ever-present, the micro aligned to the macro. This relates to the common notion of the universal and timeless “natural law” or the “law of nature” which is seen as the inescapable or immutable (it cannot be changed), even if attempted or justified otherwise. For ourselves to understand this law, we come to follow it, rather than “violate” it in the attempt to disobey. Nature may be likened to a self- operating machine, for which we are one of the gears placed within that may work with the machine. This worldview upon all things places scrutiny and question for if they are remaining natural, of nature. For instance, we may ask ourselves if human beings are creating things which have not always existed. Even our own very selves are not permanent or timeless. When we compare ourselves and our creations (micro) to our natural world (the creation, macro), we come to 6 understand the man made and unnatural as opposed to the natural. Change, time and nature itself must too be evaluated by the natural and unnatural. For instance, the change that always exists as opposed to change that humans create, or the time that always exists as opposed to time that humans create, or the nature that always exists as opposed to nature that humans create. Whatever we accept or embrace within our lives, we assume as natural to exist and therefore natural to persist. This gives us the simple equation: what is natural to exist is what is natural to persist. People may assume everything is natural if it exists or can exist, however you must merely ask yourself one question: why does it exist? In the same ways an individual may attempt to disregard morality, is the same ways an individual may attempt to disregard the concept of the natural versus unnatural. Just because something naturally occurs, does not mean it is natural to exist, and just because something is natural to exist, does not mean it is natural to use. Morality, that concerning what is right and wrong, is the very distinction between the natural and unnatural. This distinction must be, since human beings cannot decide to go against the constitution of life, they cannot choose to go against nature. Human beings can only 7 attempt to violate nature, but since they did not create nature itself, they have no power to actually change it. What humans have power over, are their own creations and themselves (the micro). Just because human beings are created within the world, does not make them unnatural, as for as far as our own comprehension may seek, the creation of ourselves or beings as a whole, has always existed. In the same way, the trees grow and give birth. We cannot change the fact humans exist, and we have long existed, as even perhaps in different forms. We cannot speak wholly of nature, for we are only part. Therefore, we may not fully comprehend ourselves or our world, but that does not mean we don’t try and learn our place. It however means that we recognize a sense of humility and mystery, as with our need for constant learning. We are given humanity by nature, the ability to breathe, to learn, to create and much more. It is our choice of what to do with what we are given. It is the ability of choice which makes us free, and it equally makes us powerful, especially when we know what choices we make. Time is important because time tells all truth, and time heals all wounds. Therefore, in case we do wrong to ourselves or our world, nature helps us learn. If we are willing to learn or not, nature will teach us one way or another, this has been said to be karma, natural 8 law, the law of attraction, the golden rule, the moral law, and many other names through many different micro cultures and peoples all observing an ever similar macro nature. When we attain knowledge, we attain an understanding of nature(s). When we attain an understanding of nature(s), we may better live with nature. Every thought is a question, and every person’s life is at question while nature is the answer. Of the countless quotes, the following quotes are from Socrates, a founding father of philosophy, not of government. This helps encapsulate much of this text: “There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.” “To know, is to know that you know nothing.” “To find yourself, think for yourself.” “To know, is to know you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.” “I cannot teach anybody anything. I can only make them think.” “Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.” 9 “He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.” “If you don't get what you want, you suffer; if you get what you don't want, you suffer; even when you get exactly what you want you still suffer because you can't hold on to it forever. Your mind is your predicament. It wants to be free of change. Free of pain, free of the obligations of life and death. But change is law and no amount of pretending will alter that reality.” “Everyone wants to tell you what to do and what's good for you. They don't want you to find your own answers, they want you to believe theirs.” “The easiest and noblest way is not to be crushing others, but to be improving yourselves.” "No man is capable of causing great evil, without thinking he's doing the right thing.” In understanding morality and the concept of nature, we must also examine word usage. Every word we use is representative for an idea, a particular nature that becomes more definitive, the clearer our definition is. However, since the word “definition” means to limit or prescribe, and being that we create words, the 10