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Samuel Butler's Erewhon contains a chapter, "The Views of an Erewhonian Philosopher Concerning the Rights of Vegetables". [1]On the question of whether animal rights can be extended to plants, animal rights philosopher Tom Regan argues that animals acquire rights due to being aware, what he calls "subjects-of-a-life".
The great chain of being is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels, humans, animals and plants to minerals. [1] [2] [3]
Edgar Shannon Anderson (November 9, 1897 – June 18, 1969) was an American botanist. [1] [2] He introduced the term introgressive hybridization [3] and his 1949 book of that title was an original and important contribution to botanical genetics. [4]
Liebig's law has been extended to biological populations (and is commonly used in ecosystem modelling).For example, the growth of an organism such as a plant may be dependent on a number of different factors, such as sunlight or mineral nutrients (e.g., nitrate or phosphate).
On Plants (Greek: Περὶ φυτῶν; Latin: De plantis) is a botanical treatise included in the Corpus Aristotelicum but usually regarded as Pseudo-Aristotle. [1] In 1923, a manuscript containing the original Arabic translation from Greek, as done by Ishaq ibn Hunayn, was discovered in Istanbul, which led scholars to conclude the work was likely an exegesis/commentary by philosopher ...
Below, you'll find some of Maya Angelou's best quotes about life, love, selfhood and motivation. Maya Angelou quotes about life “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” ...
The Botanic Garden (1791) is a set of two poems, The Economy of Vegetation and The Loves of the Plants, by the British poet and naturalist Erasmus Darwin. The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation and scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions, such as the history of the cosmos .
Balance, says Carl J. Sheperis, PhD, licensed professional counselor and dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. “For example, when you put ...