Now, the story that plants are some low-level organisms has been formalized many times ago by Aristotle, that in "De Anima" -- that is a very influential book for the Western civilization -- wrote that the plants are on the edge between living and not living.
事实上， 在很久很久以前， 植物是低等生物的观点 就已经出现在亚里士多德的 《论灵魂》中了。 《论灵魂》一书对西方文明有着深远的影响。 在书中，亚里士多德认为植物 介于生命与非生命状态之间。