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Titolo |
Gardening philosophy for everyone : cultivating wisdom / / edited by Dan O'Brien ; foreward by David E. Cooper |
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Malden, MA ., : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-4443-4142-1 |
1-283-40704-3 |
9786613407047 |
1-4443-2456-X |
1-4443-2457-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (263 p.) |
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Collana |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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O'BrienDan <1968-> |
CooperDavid E <1942-> (David Edward) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gardening - Philosophy |
Gardens - Philosophy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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GARDENING PHILOSOPHY FOR EVERYONE; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Planting the Seed: An Introduction to Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone; PART I THE GOOD LIFE; 1 The Virtues of Gardening; 2 Cultivating the Soul: The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome; 3 Escaping Eden: Plant Ethics in a Gardener's World; 4 Food Glorious Food; PART II FLOWER POWER; 5 Plants, Prayers, and Power: The Story of the First Mediterranean Gardens; 6 Brussels Sprouts and Empire: Putting Down Roots; 7 Transplanting Liberty: Lafayette's American Garden |
8 Cockney Plots: Allotments and Grassroots Political ActivismPART III THE FLOWER SHOW; 9 Hortus Incantans: Gardening as an Art of Enchantment; 10 Gardens, Music, and Time; 11 The Pragmatic Picturesque: The Philosophy of Central Park; PART IV THE COSMIC GARDEN; 12 Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King; 13 Time and Temporality in the Garden; 14 Cultivating Our Garden: David Hume and Gardening as Therapy; PART V PHILOSOPHERS' GARDENS; 15 The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King; 16 Epicurus, |
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the Garden, and the Golden Age |
17 Gardener of Souls: Philosophical Education in Plato's PhaedrusNotes on Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 fascinating philosophical themes.Gardens and philosophy present a fascinating combination of subjects, historically important, and yet scarcely covered within the realms of philosophyContributions come from a wide range of authors, ranging from garden writers and gardeners, |
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