19-02-2017, 04:20 PM
Davidsch, if you want to start a discussion you need to provide a more solid base for people to start from.
Yes, you are completely right that the plants are not exact "portraits". This is important to know, and important to keep pointing out. So to that extent I can only agree.
But there are several options to explain this. One which has gained some momentum lately is that the shape of the leaves and some other aspects are deemed sufficient to identify the plant, and some other parts like fruits and roots are more symbolic or abstract because they tell something about the plant.
You say that studying the plants is useless because they are not real, they just mean to evoke a setting to talk about other things. But people don't understand why you believe this is the case.
Also, we're getting some mixed signals, because after this thread you made one where you ask us to stop doing herbal research, you asked for identifications of the small plants and tentatively identified one as ginger.
So you're disappointed because we're not discussing a proposal you apparently don't fully believe in yourself? First you say that researching the root pages is a waste of human resources and in a later thread you ask us to research the root pages?
Yes, you are completely right that the plants are not exact "portraits". This is important to know, and important to keep pointing out. So to that extent I can only agree.
But there are several options to explain this. One which has gained some momentum lately is that the shape of the leaves and some other aspects are deemed sufficient to identify the plant, and some other parts like fruits and roots are more symbolic or abstract because they tell something about the plant.
You say that studying the plants is useless because they are not real, they just mean to evoke a setting to talk about other things. But people don't understand why you believe this is the case.
Also, we're getting some mixed signals, because after this thread you made one where you ask us to stop doing herbal research, you asked for identifications of the small plants and tentatively identified one as ginger.
Quote:In my opinion so much time & energy is wasted on the 129 pages of herbals and the 20 pages with roots that someone has to try to stop the waste of human energy resources.
Quote:c) identification:
Are there roots that can be identified without doubt? for example ginger, onion, carrot
I see a possible ginger.
So you're disappointed because we're not discussing a proposal you apparently don't fully believe in yourself? First you say that researching the root pages is a waste of human resources and in a later thread you ask us to research the root pages?