Naturaleza esencial

Essential Nature is a rigorous scientific-philosophical essay that sheds light on one of the most important topics of all time. The concept of matter as something inert and "dead" has certainly been an exception in the long history of thought, although for the modern mind it is an unquestionable truth. De Quincey teaches us that this is an aberration, since the universe is much more complex, lively and "captivating". The time has come to return to the idea that in nature there is consciousness, as De Quincey says, "even at the deepest levels". The rediscovery of this perennial knowledge gives a renewed meaning to both our individual existence and our attitude towards nature, prompting us to move from exploitation to participation.