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Index
Cover
Contents
Halftitle page
Series page
Title page
Copyright
Foreword
Acknowledgement
Planting the Seed: An Introduction to Gardening – Philosophy for Everyone
PART I THE GOOD LIFE
Chapter 1: The Virtues of Gardening
Chapter 2: Cultivating the Soul: The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome
Chapter 3: Escaping Eden: Plant Ethics in a Gardener’s World
Chapter 4: Food Glorious Food
PART II FLOWER POWER
Chapter 5: Plants, Prayers, and Power: The Story of the First Mediterranean Gardens
Chapter 6: Brussels Sprouts and Empire: Putting Down Roots Michael Moss
Chapter 7: Transplanting Liberty: Lafayette’s American Garden
Chapter 8: Cockney Plots: Allotments and Grassroots Political Activism
PART III THE FLOWER SHOW
Chapter 9: Hortus Incantans: Gardening as an Art of Enchantment
Chapter 10: Gardens, Music, and Time
Chapter 11: The Pragmatic Picturesque: The Philosophy of Central Park
PART IV THE COSMIC GARDEN
Chapter 12: Illusions of Grandeur: A Harmonious Garden for the Sun King
Chapter 13: Time and Temporality in the Garden
Chapter 14: Cultivating Our Garden: David Hume and Gardening as Therapy
PART V PHILOSOPHERS’ GARDENS
Chapter 15: The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King
Chapter 16: Epicurus, the Garden, and the Golden Age
Chapter 17: Gardener of Souls: Philosophical Education in Plato’s Phaedrus
Notes on Contributors
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