02501nam 22005534a 450 991082247530332120240209150746.01-383-04365-51-280-90310-40-19-151613-9(CKB)1000000000398447(EBL)422545(OCoLC)476257887(SSID)ssj0000221022(PQKBManifestationID)11185423(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000221022(PQKBWorkID)10160267(PQKB)10335030(Au-PeEL)EBL422545(CaPaEBR)ebr10177968(CaONFJC)MIL90310(MiAaPQ)EBC422545(EXLCZ)99100000000039844720050902d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA philosophy of gardens[electronic resource] /David E. CooperOxford Clarendon Press ;Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (184 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-923888-X 0-19-929034-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [162]-167) and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; 1. Taking Gardens Seriously; 2. Art or Nature?; 3. Art-and-Nature?; 4. Gardens, People, and Practices; 5. Gardens and the Good Life; 6. The Meanings of Gardens; 7. The Garden as Epiphany; 8. Conclusion: The Garden's Distinction; References; IndexWhy do gardens matter so much and mean so much to people? That is the intriguing question to which David Cooper seeks an answer in this book. Given the enthusiasm for gardens in human civilization ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, it is surprising that the question has been so long neglected by modern philosophy. Now at last there is a philosophy of gardens. David Cooper identifies garden appreciation as a special human phenomenon distinct from both from the appreciation of. art and the appreciation of nature. He discusses the contribution of gardening and other garden-related pursuitsGardeningPhilosophyGardeningPhilosophy.712.01Cooper David E(David Edward),1942-160546MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822475303321Philosophy of gardens1562139UNINA