Gardening philosophy for everyone : cultivating wisdom /
Philosophy and gardens have been closely connected from the dawn of philosophy, with many drawing on their beauty and peace for philosophical inspiration. Gardens in turn give rise to a broad spectrum of philosophical questions. For the green-fingered thinker, this book reflects on a whole host of f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Wiley-Blackwell,
2010.
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| Series: | Philosophy for everyone.
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Table of Contents:
- The virtues of gardening / Isis Brook
- Cultivating the soul : the ethics of gardening in ancient Greece and Rome / Meghan T. Ray
- Escaping Eden : plant ethics in a gardener's world / Matthew Hall
- Food glorious food / Helene Gammack
- Plants, prayers, and power : the story of the first Mediterranean gardens / Jo Day
- Brussels sprouts and empire : putting down roots / Michael Moss
- Transplanting liberty : LaFayette's American garden / Laura Aurrichio
- Cockney plots : allotments and grassroots political activism / Elizabeth A. Scott
- Hortus Incantans : gardening as an art of enchantment / Eric MacDonald
- Gardens, music, and time / Ismay Barwell and John Powell
- The pragmatic picturesque : the philosophy of Central Park / Gary Shapiro
- Illusions of grandeur : a harmonious garden for the Sun King / Robert Neuman
- Time and temporality in the garden / Mara Miller
- Cultivating our garden : David Hume and gardening as therapy / Dan O'Brien
- The garden of the Aztec philosopher-king / Susan Toby Evans
- Epicurus, the garden, and the golden age / Gordon Campbell
- Gardener of souls : philosophical education in Plato's Phaedrus / Anne Cotton.