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Gardening and philosophy: cultivating wisdom (series: philosophy for everyone)
Author: O'BRIEN Dan
Language: EnglishApproximative price 20.36 €
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- Epicurus and gardens for happiness
- Plato and gardening as the care of the soul
- The philosophy of Central Park
- Kitchen gardens and the history of self-sufficiency
- The aesthetic and ethical dimensions of gardens
Gardening- Philosophy for Everyoneproffers intriguing insights into the historical and continuing deep-rooted connection between philosophy and gardens.
Foreword (David E. Cooper).
Planting the Seed: An Introduction to Gardening- Philosophy for Everyone(Dan O'Brien).
Part I: The Good Life
1 The Virtues of Gardening (Isis Brook).
2 Cultivating the Soul: The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome (Meghan T. Ray).
3 Escaping Eden: Plant Ethics in a Gardener's World (Matthew Hall).
4 Food Glorious Food (Helene Gammack).
Part II: Flower Power
5 Plants, Prayers and Power: The Story of the First Mediterranean Gardens (Jo Day).
6 Brussels Sprouts and Empire: Putting Down Roots (Michael Moss).
7 Transplanting Liberty: Lafayette's American Garden (Laura Auricchio).
8 Cockney Plots: Allotments and Grassroots Political Activism (Elizabeth A. Scott).
Part III: The Flower Show
9 Hortus Incantans: Gardening as an Art of Enchantment (Eric MacDonald).
10 Gardens, Music and Time (Ismay Barwell and John Powell).
11 The Pragmatic Picturesque: The Philosophy of Central Park (Gary Shapiro).
Part IV: The Cosmic Garden
12 Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King (Robert Neuman).
13 Time and Temporality in the Garden (Mara Miller).
14 Cultivating Our Garden: David Hume and Gardening as Therapy (Dan O'Brien).
Part V: Philosophers' Gardens
15 The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King (Susan Toby Evans).
16 Epicurus, the Garden, and the Golden Age (Gordon Campbell).
17 Gardener of Souls: Philosophical Education in Plato's Phaedrus (Anne Cotton).
Appendix A: Notes on Contributors.
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