Can this be effected by any specific attraction? or, like the diffusion of the odorous particles of flowers, is it left to the currents of winds, and the accidental miscarriages of it counteracted by the quantity of its production? 2. This leads us to... Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... - Page 142by Erasmus Darwin - 1801 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
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...at confiderable diftances. Can this be effected by any fpecific attraction ? or, like the diffufion of the odorous particles of flowers, is it left to...of its production ? 2. This leads us to a curious enquiry, whether vegetables have ideas of external things ? As all our ideas are originally received... | |
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...currents of winds, and the accidental miscarriages of it counteracted by the quantity of its production? This leads us to a curious inquiry, whether vegetables...? As all our ideas are originally received by our senses, the question may be changed to, whether vegetables possess any organs of sense ? Certain it... | |
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