Chaucer's 'Natura Naturans' and 'Natura Naturata': Middle English 'Nature' and 'Kynde' to Signify 'Shizen'

Author / Editor
Asaka, Yoshiko.

Title
Chaucer's 'Natura Naturans' and 'Natura Naturata': Middle English 'Nature' and 'Kynde' to Signify 'Shizen'

Published
Comparative Civilization 29 (2013): 121-38.

Description
Elaborates on the distinction between "natura naturans" and "natura naturata" in relation to their Greek, Latin, and Germanic etymology, and examines uses of the words "nature" and "kynde" in BD, HF, PF, and Rom to show the tendency of each word's meaning according to that distinction. In Japanese.

Chaucer Subjects
Language and Word Studies
Book of the Duchess
House of Fame
Parliament of Fowls
Romaunt of the Rose