' Time spent amongst trees will never waste time ' Nature in the broadest sense is the natural, physical material world or universe. Nature can refer to the phenomena of the physical world and also to life in general. Beauty in nature has historically been a prevalent theme in art and books, filling large sections of libraries and bookstores. That nature has been depicted and celebrated by so much art, photography, poetry, and other literature shows the strength with which many people associate nature and beauty. Reasons why this association exists, and what the association consists of, are studied by the branch of philosophy called A esthetics . Beyond certain basic characteristics that many philosophers agree about to explain what is seen as beautiful, the opinions are virtually endless