Michael Gisiger 

“The significance of Empedocles lies in his view that all living beings belong to a single community or lifeworld, which is governed by a universal law of justice.“

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Aeon: Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes

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Should we act morally towards trees? Empedocles says yes | Aeon Essays

Who belongs to our moral community? The Greek philosopher Empedocles had an answer: all life, from humans to the laurel bush

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Every animal runs different clock cycles.
A squirrel looks like it's moving fast to us, but to a squirrel, it's normal.

Trees are alive, they just run at different speed.