# Plants Have Feelings: The First Person Who Said It

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Podcast: [The Vegan Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vegan-report-6458227)
Published: 2026-05-05T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

For this episode, I want to take you back in time to the very first recorded moment someone used the phrase “plants have feelings” – or a version of that - as an argument against animal sentience. Not on Reddit, not on Twitter — we’re talking the year 1391 , in the late Middle Ages. And the person who said it wasn’t some random guy in a tavern. It was a Byzantine emperor , using this line of reasoning in a debate with an Imam. What If the World’s Religions Stood Up for Animals? With Joyce D'Silva | Ep. 110 https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport/2614080/ Why Does God Allow Animal Exploitation? With Rabbi Akiva Gersh | Ep. 77 https://rss.com/podcasts/veganreport/2061703/ If you have any comment or question regarding the show, send a message to theveganreportpodcast@gmail.com Follow The Vegan Report on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veganreportpodcast/ Follow The Vegan Report on X: https://x.com/veganreportshow

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