Definitions for "Phusis"
Phusis is an Ancient Greek word often translated as 'birth'. Martin Heidegger a German phenomenologist and proto-existentialist, made the argument in An Introduction to Metaphysics that the translation of phusis (Through Latin) as something mundane and simplistic caused harm to our understanding of early Greek philosophy. Heidegger decided that the word should be translated as 'emerging-abiding-sway' and that it provided a more complex and accurate understanding of existence than the earlier translation.