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All vegetable things
I well remember that suggestions arising from this ballad, led us into a train of thought wherein there became manifest an opinion of Usher's which I mention not so much on account of its novelty, (for other men have thought thus,) as on account of the pertinacity with which he maintained it. This opinion, in its general form, was that of the sentience of all vegetable things. But, in his disordered fancy, the idea had assumed a more daring character, and trespassed, under certain conditions, upon the kingdom of inorganization.
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Hi,
A part from Edgar Allan Poe's The fall of the house of the Usher.
The underlined "all vegetable things"?
What does it mean?
"The opinion is that of the sentience of all vegetable things"?
In the dictionary the following two meanings came to my attention.
2. Offensive Slang One who is severely impaired mentally and physically, as by brain injury or disease.
3. One who is regarded as dull, passive, or unresponsive.
Does the "vegetable" mean #2 of the meanings?
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Hi,
A part from Edgar Allan Poe's The fall of the house of the Usher.
The underlined "all vegetable things"?
What does it mean?
"The opinion is that of the sentience of all vegetable things"?
In the dictionary the following two meanings came to my attention.
2. Offensive Slang One who is severely impaired mentally and physically, as by brain injury or disease.
3. One who is regarded as dull, passive, or unresponsive.
Does the "vegetable" mean #2 of the meanings?
Top answer
This opinion, in its general form, was that of the sentience of all vegetable things . ~ He believed, more or less, that plants could think and feel. all vegetable things = all living things except animals and people.
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This opinion, in its general form, was that of the sentience of all vegetable things.
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He believed, more or less, that plants could think and feel.
all vegetable things = all living things except animals and people.
sentience = awareness, consciousness
CJ
~
He believed, more or less, that plants could think and feel.
all vegetable things = all living things except animals and people.
sentience = awareness, consciousness
CJ
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