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The Philosopher's Plant : An Intellectual Herbarium / Michael Marder.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (288 p.) : 12 b&wContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780231169035
  • 9780231538138
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 780.01 23
LOC classification:
  • QK46 .M36 2014
  • ML79 .N6813 2015
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM -- Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls -- 1 / Plato's Plane Tree -- 2 / Aristotle's Wheat -- 3 / Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant" -- Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments -- 4 / Augustine's Pears -- 5 / Avicenna's Celery -- 6 / Maimonides' Palm Tree -- Part III. Modern Plant-Images -- 7 / Leibniz's Blades of Grass -- 8 / Kant's Tulip -- 9 / Hegel's Grapes -- Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects -- 10 / Heidegger's Apple Tree -- 11 / Derrida's Sunflowers -- 12 / Irigaray's Water Lily -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
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.In this book, Michael Marder illuminates the vegetal centerpieces and hidden kernels that have powered theoretical discourse for centuries. Choosing twelve botanical specimens that correspond to twelve significant philosophers, he recasts the development of philosophy through the evolution of human and plant relations. A philosophical history for the postmetaphysical age, The Philosopher's Plant reclaims the organic heritage of human thought. With the help of vegetal images, examples, and metaphors, the book clears a path through philosophy's tangled roots and dense undergrowth, opening up the discipline to all readers.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM -- Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls -- 1 / Plato's Plane Tree -- 2 / Aristotle's Wheat -- 3 / Plotinus' Anonymous "Great Plant" -- Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments -- 4 / Augustine's Pears -- 5 / Avicenna's Celery -- 6 / Maimonides' Palm Tree -- Part III. Modern Plant-Images -- 7 / Leibniz's Blades of Grass -- 8 / Kant's Tulip -- 9 / Hegel's Grapes -- Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects -- 10 / Heidegger's Apple Tree -- 11 / Derrida's Sunflowers -- 12 / Irigaray's Water Lily -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX

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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.In this book, Michael Marder illuminates the vegetal centerpieces and hidden kernels that have powered theoretical discourse for centuries. Choosing twelve botanical specimens that correspond to twelve significant philosophers, he recasts the development of philosophy through the evolution of human and plant relations. A philosophical history for the postmetaphysical age, The Philosopher's Plant reclaims the organic heritage of human thought. With the help of vegetal images, examples, and metaphors, the book clears a path through philosophy's tangled roots and dense undergrowth, opening up the discipline to all readers.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)