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Previously Unpublished Works of Roger Bacon, Fascicle 11: Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics and On Plants (1932) - Page 20 - Source Library

Previously Unpublished Works of Roger Bacon, Fascicle 11: Questions on Aristotle's Metaphysics and On Plants

Bacon, Roger · 1932

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It is asked whether on account of the various operations of the vegetative soul original: "vegetative." In Aristotelian biology, the vegetative soul is the lowest level of soul, responsible for growth, nutrition, and reproduction. we ought to posit a diversity in the organs	213
It is asked whether some parts of the plant are simple and some are composite Medieval science distinguished between "simple" parts (where every piece is the same as the whole, like wood) and "composite" parts (organs made of different tissues, like a fruit).	214
It is asked whether moisture is a part of the plant	215
It is asked concerning gum, whether it is a part of the plant	215
It is asked whether gum is a superfluous part of the plant or not	215
(It is asked whether it has the true nature of a part)	216
It is asked whether the origin of gum is from secondary moisture or from nutritional moisture	217
It is asked whether every plant produces gum	217

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It is asked concerning the bark, whether it is simple or composite	218
It is asked concerning the wood, whether it is a simple or composite part	218
It is asked whether the root is a part of the plant	220
It is asked whether the root is a necessary part of the plant	220
It is asked whether simple parts are divided into parts of a similar nature	221
It is asked whether the root is composed of similar parts	221


It is asked whether leaves and fruit are parts of the plant	223
It is asked whether they are necessary parts	223


It is asked whether it happens that one can posit a fixed number of plant parts or not	224
It is asked whether the plant has some specific primary part in which life resides, just as in the heart	226
It is asked what that part might be	226
It is asked what the plant has in place of a heart	227
(It is asked whether it is the pithy substance) original: "substantia medullosa." This refers to the soft, central tissue of a stem or branch.	227


It is asked whether a tree can have parts differing in species original: "specie." Here meaning the specific essential form or kind.	228
It is asked whether the division of the plant is diversified according to species	229


It is asked whether the diversity of the plant according to its location is natural	230
Given that it is, it is asked whether that diversity is substantial or ¹ accidental In scholastic philosophy, a "substantial" difference changes what a thing is, while an "accidental" difference only changes a property (like size or color) without changing its essence.	230

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