The veiled statue of the goddess Isis was interpreted as a personification of nature , based on a passage in the works of Macrobius before the 4th century CE that equated Isis with nature .
From the Renaissance on , the veiled statue of Isis that Plutarch and Proclus mentioned was interpreted as a personification of nature , based on a passage in the works of Macrobius in the fifth century CE that equated Isis with nature .
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