natura non facit saltus
nature makes no leaps
Notes
A famous aphorism of Carl Linnaeus stating that all organisms bear relationships on all sides, their forms changing gradually from one species to the next. From Philosophia Botanica (1751).
Words
- facis – a bundle, packet
- facies – appearance, aspect, condition, countenance, face, look, visage
- facina – action, bad deed, crime, deed, villainy
- facile – easily, readily, without difficulty
- natura – nature
- non – not
- facio – be of service, help, suffer, suit, to experience, to give permission, to sacrifice