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" Gardening, philosophy for everyone : "
edited by Dan O'Brien ; foreward by David E. Cooper.
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BL
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665777
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Gardening, philosophy for everyone : : cultivating wisdom /\ edited by Dan O'Brien ; foreward by David E. Cooper.
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| Publication Statement
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Malden, Mass. :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2010.
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Philosophy for everyone
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xii, 249 p. :: ill. ;; 23 cm.
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9781444330212 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 1444330217 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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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. --publisher
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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. --publisher.
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Gardening-- Philosophy.
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Gardens-- Philosophy.
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635.01
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SB454.3.P45G36 2010
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O'Brien, Dan,1968-
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Cultivating wisdom
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: Gardening and philosophy
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