This reflection examines the historical development and profound semantic shifts of the concepts of nature and essence. The author emphasizes that although these terms possess a very ancient history stretching back to pre-conceptual times, their contemporary usage diverges fundamentally from their original meanings. Today, nature is often understood as a sphere untouched by human intervention, which effectively and artificially isolates humanity from the totality of the universe. Furthermore, common language has adopted a distinction between animate and inanimate nature, a classification that directly contradicts the etymological roots of the word, which originally referred to birth and growth. Similarly, the term essence or naturalness has lost its inherent link to the process of becoming or being born, as it is now used broadly to describe the properties of any entity, from subatomic particles to mathematical numbers. The text concludes that philosophy must move beyond these conventional meanings and redefine both concepts in a more precise manner that reflects their true essence and restores their conceptual depth.