An example of an historical conception that is now discredited,
"The debate shifted during the Renaissance, as life-concepts moved from Aristotelian and Neoplatonic to mechanical. The positions remained the same, but the language changed. Before this time philosophers spoke of a 'plurality of worlds'. The stars and planets are living beings within the same organic cosmos as humanity…After the Renaissance and after the Copernican revolution, the stars and planets were no longer treated as alive. The questions became whether the stars are distant suns…and whether other planets are inhabited…"
Lucas John Mix (2018) Life Concepts from Aristotle to Darwin. On vegetable souls. Cham, Switzerland: plagrave macmillan.
