Let me break the topic in two parts, "understanding" and "nature". Both the words seems trivial and maybe they are, but to me, I need to break down them in order to grasp the meaning of the two words.
Below is the result of the dictionary search for the word "understanding" and "nature".
noun [mass noun]
1 the ability to understand something; comprehension: foreign visitors with little understanding of English.
• the power of abstract thought; intellect: a child of sufficient intelligence and understanding.
• an individual's perception or judgement of a situation: my understanding was that he would find a new supplier.
2 sympathetic awareness or tolerance: he wrote with understanding and affection of the people of Dent.
3 [count noun] an informal or unspoken agreement or arrangement: he and I have an understanding | he had only been allowed to come on the understanding that he would be on his best behaviour.
adjective
1 sympathetically aware of other people's feelings; tolerant and forgiving: a kind and understanding man | people expect their doctor to be understanding.
2 archaic having insight or good judgement.
noun
nature | ˈneɪtʃə |
noun
- [mass noun] 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: the breathtaking beauty of nature.
• the physical force regarded as causing and regulating the phenomena of the world. See also Mother Nature: it is impossible to change the laws of nature.
- the basic or inherent features, character, or qualities of something: helping them to realize the nature of their problems | there are a lot of other documents of that nature.
• the innate or essential qualities or character of a person or animal: it's not in her nature to listen to advice | I'm not violent by nature.
• [mass noun] inborn or hereditary characteristics as an influence on or determinant of personality. Often contrasted with nurture
• [with adjective] archaic a person of a specified character: Emerson was so much more luminous a nature.
The wikipedia page for "understanding" can be found here) and for "nature" can be found there.
In both the case, we refer to the noun form of both the words.
As you can see that the word "understanding" has no clear definition, since it itself uses the words "comprehension" and "perception" in its definition. The word "nature" is also not very clear, since it uses the words "phenomena", "features", and "qualities" in its definition.
I will not go into what wikipedia says about these two words, since I have my own understanding of these two words and the blog is about my understanding of these two words and combination of the two, which is to "understand the nature".
The covid era gave me enough time to reflect upon the nature of the world and the limits of our understanding.
To be continued...