Issue #65 Why We Look at Plants, in a Corrupted World

Why We Look at Plants, in a Corrupted World

Hu Fang

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Engraving from the book [i]Hortus Malabaricus[/i] (1693), a Dutch treatise dealing with the medicinal properties of the flora in the Indian state of Kerala.
Issue #65
May 2015










Notes
1

A literal translation of the Chinese zhíwùrén, referring to someone in a vegetative state. —Trans.

2

The "involuntary nervous system" is also known in Chinese as the zhíwù shénjīng, or vegetative nervous system. —Trans.

3

The "voluntary" nervous system is also known in Chinese as the dòngwù shénjīng, or animal nervous system. —Trans.