Aristotle • On Plants 



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QUESTIONS 



1. Discuss Plato's and Aristotle's differ- 

 ing views on desire and sensation in 

 plants. 



2. What was Aristotle's view on the ro- 

 tation and revolution of the earth? 



3. What was Aristotle's criterion of life? 

 Do you agree with it? 



4. Correlate Aristotle's idea on respira- 



tion in plants with the modern view. 



5. How does our view of sex correspond 

 to Aristotle's view that a plant cannot 

 be both male and female at one time? 

 Think of both the lower plants and the 

 seed plants. 



6. What statement shows that Aristotle 

 was aware of stored food in the seed? 



N. B. Aristotle was born in 384 b.c. and died in 322 b.c. He was the 

 greatest investigator of antiquity and a genius at the art of observation. 



