Przyroda a cywilizacja. „Kultura Współczesna” 2011, nr 1(67), s. 25-33., 2011 Despite it separates human life from the context of nature, civilisation remains dependant on it both in the area of self-consciousness and practice. An extreme expression of the idea that both these worlds are interdependent is environmental determinism. Moderate theories talk about proportional dependency of the characteristics of civilisation from natural conditions, or of civilisation as a response to the challenge of nature. An observation of particular communities shows the attachment of particular cultures to their primal environment. The creation of artificial environment is in turn conditioned by the laws of primal nature.