I try to take the best possible care of my plants, many of which would be considered exotic and demanding (bonsai, orchids, succulents). But, it has happened to me that, despite all the care, attention and encouragement lavished upon them, one will simply die overnight - without any warning signs at all. Not even a "horticultural autopsy" entailing a close examination of the roots and leaves will reveal anything amiss. If the plant in question were old, then perhaps its clock would have just run down. But, a young, seemingly healthy plant that has been thriving all along ...?
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The answer would seem to be yes. Aristotle wrote:
But ‘life’ has many senses, and we say that something is alive if any one of the following is present: intelligence, perception, locomotion and being stationary…For this reason all plants are also thought to be alive, for they plainly have in them this sort of ability of principle, by means of which they get bigger and smaller in opposite directions. For they don’t grow upwards without growing downwards.
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