Philosopher's plant : an intellectual herbarium / Michael Marder ; with drawings by Mathilde Roussel.
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TextPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]Description: xviii, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780231169035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-253) and index.
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.
"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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