Philosopher's plant : an intellectual herbarium / Michael Marder ; with drawings by Mathilde Roussel.

By:

Marder, Michael, 1980-

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]Description: xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9780231169035 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

580 MAR

Contents:

Plato's plain tree -- Aristotle's wheat -- Plotinus' anonymous "great plant" -- Augustine's pears -- Avicenna's celery -- Maimonides' palm tree -- Leibniz's blades of grass -- Kant's tulip -- Hegel's grapes -- Heidegger's apple tree -- Derrida's sunflowers -- Irigaray's water lily.

Summary: "Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in passing as the natural backdrops for dialogues, letters, and other compositions; spun elaborate allegories out of flowers, trees, and even grass; and recommended appropriate medicinal, dietary, and aesthetic approaches to select species of plants." -- Amazon.com.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	580 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3229

GBP 24.95
TRP40/191

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.

"Despite their conceptual allergy to vegetal life, philosophers have used germination, growth, blossoming, fruition, reproduction, and decay as illustrations of abstract concepts; mentioned plants in passing as the natural backdrops for dialogues, letters, and other compositions; spun elaborate allegories out of flowers, trees, and even grass; and recommended appropriate medicinal, dietary, and aesthetic approaches to select species of plants." -- Amazon.com.

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