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Gardening, philosophy for everyone :

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1444330217 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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9781444330212 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Gardening, philosophy for everyone :

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[Book]

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cultivating wisdom /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Dan O'Brien ; foreward by David E. Cooper.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Malden, Mass. :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Wiley-Blackwell,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xii, 249 p. :

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ill. ;

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23 cm.

Series Title

Philosophy for everyone

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Includes bibliographical references.

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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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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 and philosophy

Parallel Title

Cultivating wisdom

Gardening-- Philosophy.

Gardens-- Philosophy.

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O'Brien, Dan,1968-

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20120611014642.0

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