Children's Books: Nature and the Classics

Children's Books 

 Nature and the Classics*

 Living with Nature Center 

San Vicente, Ilocos Sur

"Write, read Classics about Nature, and vice versa;

Reach for the highest level of arts and philosophy." - avrotor

*The word classics is derived from the Latin adjective classicus, meaning "belonging to the highest class of citizens." The word was originally used to describe the members of the Patricians, the highest class in ancient Rome.

Dr Abe V Rotor

“We still do not know one thousandth of one percent of what nature has revealed to us.” –Albert Einstein

"There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature—the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter." –Rachel Carson

 

"It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living" - David Attenborough

 

“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.” –Anne Frank

"In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." –John Muir

 

“Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.” –Langston Hughes

 

"If you wish to know the divine, feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand.” –Buddha

“The goal of life is living in agreement with nature.”- Zeno

Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek and Roman literature and their original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Wikipedia

References: The Living with Nature Series (2 Volumes) by AVRotor, Unversity off Santo Tomas; Living with Folk Wisdom, Light from the Old Arch, AVRotor (UST), Living with Nature in Our Home and Community AVRotor (Sadiri Publication, 2023)