TY  - BOOK
AU  - Marder,Michael
TI  - Philosopher's plant: an intellectual herbarium 
SN  - 9780231169035 (pbk. : alk. paper)
U1  - 580 MAR 
PY  - 2014///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Botany
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - Plants
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - Human-plant relationships
N1  - GBP 24.95
TRP40/191; 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
N2  - "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." --
ER  -