Carl Linnaeus — "Nature does not make any leaps. (Natura non facit saltus)"
Nature does not make any leaps. (Natura non facit saltus)
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"Natura non facit saltus. (Nature makes no leaps.)"
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A fundamental principle of his natural philosophy, suggesting gradualism in nature, from 'Philosophia Botanica' (1751).
Date: 1751
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