Just the facts Philosophy is a delightful trip around a circle. Philosophy is about thinking. Thinking is a mental process where experiences, old thoughts and ideas, facts and other stored information are connected in ways that result in some new thought or idea. Trees are superior survival organisms. They live longer, grow taller and become more massive than any organism ever to inhabit earth.
Trees do demand some respect.
This means trees have dignity. Education is a learning process. Learning leads to increased knowledge. Knowledge is the amount of information gained. Intelligence is the capacity to gain information.