Philosophy in the Garden by Young, Damon
Philosophy in the Garden by Young, Damon

Philosophy in the Garden

Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot?...
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Author: Damon Young
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Philosophy in the Garden by Young, Damon

Philosophy in the Garden

$40.78
Philosophy in the Garden by Young, Damon

Philosophy in the Garden

$40.78
Author: Damon Young
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Why did Marcel Proust have bonsai beside his bed? What was Jane Austen doing, coveting an apricot? How was Friedrich Nietzsche inspired by his 'thought tree'?

In Philosophy in the Garden, Damon Young explores one of literature's most intimate relationships: authors and their gardens. For some, the garden provided a retreat from workaday labor; for others, solitude's quiet counsel. For all, it played a philosophical role: giving their ideas a new life. What unites the authors--Proust, Woolf, Colette, Rousseau, Orwell, Emily Dickinson, Kazantzakis--portrayed in Philosophy in the Garden is not any one ideal, but a devotion to the garden itself: to its philosophical fertility. Despite being bookworms and paper moths, they did some of their best thinking al fresco. (Even Jean-Paul Sartre, whose hero in Nausea was sickened by a chestnut tree.)

Philosophy in the Garden reveals the profound thoughts discovered in parks, backyards, and pot-plants. It does not provide tips for mowing overgrown couch grass, or mulching a dry Japanese maple. It is a philosophical companion to the garden's labors and joys.



Author: Damon Young
Publisher: Scribe Us
Published: 04/07/2020
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781950354078


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 03/16/2020

About the Author
Young, Damon: -

Damon Young is a prize-winning philosopher and writer. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including The Art of Reading, How to Think About Exercise, Philosophy in the Garden, and Distraction. His works have been translated into eleven languages, and he has also written poetry, short fiction, and children's fiction. Young is an Associate in Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.

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