Wholes are defined in terms of their parts. Parts are defined in terms of wholes. Nature is mechanistic, like clockwork. Nature is spiritual, mental, or organic. Nature is material and independent of us.
Nature is a human, mental construction.
Nature is an active, creative force or process, natura naturans . Mind is immaterial but largely passive. All representations associate. Human freedom is the ego s but takes them as given by nature. The ego is prior to society.