http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057 %3Aentry%3D%23112721
See especially definitions III and IV.
All this reminds me of the "childhood was invented in the 19th century" trope (meme?), which I understand was finally smothered by some massive dull tome assembled from serious historical research out recently from some prestigious university press.
> Precisely as Joanna says. And with the Old Testament is exactly the place
> from whence this discussion sprang. Perception of "nature" as being a
realm
> from which humans could distinguish themselves from, and dominate for that
> matter, obviously existed for the people who wrote the Book of Genesis.
> When I think "modernity" the Old Testament is not something that leaps to
my
> mind.