「生物」這一詞最先由誰提出來的?

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「生物」這一詞最先由誰提出來的?

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Biology來自於希臘語（Greek βιολογα - βο,bios,"life"; -λογα,-logia）.大英百科全書（Britannica Online Encyclopedia）關於生物學的歷史中提到,雖然古巴比倫、古埃及、古中國、印度等積累了衆多的生物學信息,但是那時候這些國家都相信不可預知的鬼神的力量、相信精神的作用,在這種文化背景下,人們通常用超自然力來理解生物現象（Although the Babylonians,Assyrians,Egyptians,Chinese,and Indians amassed much biological information,they lived in a world believed to be dominated by unpredictable demons and spirits.Hence,learned men in these early cultures directed their studies toward an understanding of the supernatural,rather than the natural,world.）.一直到古希臘年代,一些古希臘的哲學家提出了「因果關係」的概念,他們認爲「自然法則」在控制著世界並且這些規律能夠被人們通過觀察、推理等研究而理解（Around 600 bc there arose a school of Greek philosophers who believed that every event has a cause and that a particular cause produces a particular effect.This concept,known as causality,had a profound effect on subsequent scientific investigation.Furthermore,these philosophers assumed the existence of a 「natural law」 that governs the universe and can be comprehended by man through the use of his powers of observation and deduction.They established the science of biology.）.他們建立了生物學,而biology正是來源於希臘語.你可以想見,古希臘人提出了生物學這個詞（當然是用希臘語）,後來誰首先用了英文的biology和誰先用了中文「生物學」一詞都無關緊要了,因爲這只是語言的造詞學問題,不是生物學的問題.但是否是亞里士多德,並沒有確證的資料.