Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone (E-Book) von Fritz Allhoff

Foreword viii
David E. Cooper

Acknowledgments xi
Dan OBrien

Planting the Seed:An Introduction toGardening Philosophy for Everyone 1
Dan OBrien

Part I The Good Life 11

1 The Virtues of Gardening 13
Isis Brook

2 Cultivating the Soul:The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome26
Meghan T. Ray

3 Escaping Eden:Plant Ethics in a Gardeners World38
Matthew Hall

4 Food Glorious Food 48
Helene Gammack

Part II Flower Power 63

5 Plants, Prayers, and Power:The Story of the First Mediterranean Gardens65
Jo Day

6 Brussels Sprouts and Empire:Putting Down Roots79
Michael Moss

7 Transplanting Liberty:Lafayettes American Garden93
Laura Auricchio

8 Cockney Plots:Allotments and Grassroots Political Activism106
Elizabeth A. Scott

Part III The Flower Show 119

9Hortus Incantans:Gardening as an Art of Enchantment121
Eric MacDonald

10 Gardens, Music, and Time 135
Ismay Barwell and John Powell

11 The Pragmatic Picturesque:The Philosophy of Central Park148
Gary Shapiro

Part IV The Cosmic Garden 161

12 Illusions of Grandeur:A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King163
Robert Neuman

13 Time and Temporality in the Garden 178
Mara Miller

14 Cultivating Our Garden:David Hume and Gardening as Therapy192
Dan OBrien

Part V Philosophers Gardens 205

15 The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King 207
Susan Toby Evans

16 Epicurus, the Garden, and the Golden Age 220
Gordon Campbell

17 Gardener of Souls:Philosophical Education in PlatosPhaedrus 232
Anne Cotton

Notes on Contributors 245

• Gardens and philosophy present a fascinating combination of subjects, historically important, and yet scarcely covered within the realms of philosophy
• Contributions come from a wide range of authors, ranging from garden writers and gardeners, to those working in architecture, archaeology, archival studies, art history, anthropology, classics and philosophy
• Essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from Epicurus and Confucius to the aesthetics and philosophy of Central Park
• Offers new perspectives on the experience and evaluation of gardens

Editors
DAN O'BRIEN is a Research Fellow at Oxford Brookes University, an Honorary Research Fellow at Birmingham University, and an Associate Lecturer with the Open University.

Series Editor
FRITZ ALLHOFF is an Assistant Professor in the Philosophy Department at Western Michigan University, as well as a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics.