{"product_id":"kate-collyns-philosophy-for-gardeners-2022","title":"Kate Collyns: Philosophy For Gardeners [2022]","description":"\u003cb\u003eExplore ideas, consider the big questions and learn life lessons in your garden\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gardening is an \u003cb\u003einnately thoughtful as well as practical pastime\u003c\/b\u003e: planning ahead, imagining how plants will grow, deciding what will make a 'good' garden, wondering at the beauty of flowers and noticing how ecosystems work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This delightful and \u003cb\u003eengaging collection of essays\u003c\/b\u003e illustrate how many \u003cb\u003ephilosophical ideas arise naturally in gardeners' everyday work\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Growers by their nature are in fact already philosophers:\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eexistentialists\u003c\/b\u003e who try to live and work by their own rules in a garden;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003estoics\u003c\/b\u003e who put up with slug damage again and again, and try to work in harmony with nature; \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e and practical \u003cb\u003equantum scientists\u003c\/b\u003e who witness incredible processes going on in plant cells beneath the ground. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003ePhilosophy for Gardeners\u003c\/i\u003e, Kate Collyns uses \u003cb\u003easpects of gardening to introduce and explore a range of philosophical ideas\u003c\/b\u003e and schools of thought; cultivating a greater understanding and appreciation of \u003cb\u003eintriguing concepts\u003c\/b\u003e, propagated from \u003cb\u003escience, evolution and aesthetics\u003c\/b\u003e through to \u003cb\u003epolitics, economics and ethics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Broken into four sections, \u003ci\u003eSoil, Growth, Harvest \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCycles\u003c\/i\u003e, each section explores questions of philosophy through the lens of the garden. \u003cb\u003eA fascinating read\u003c\/b\u003e, this book is as perfect for students of philosophy as it is for gardeners, \u003cb\u003efilled with thought-provoking reflections on life, being and existence.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Collyns, Kate","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53593804767571,"sku":"9780711268210","price":8.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/collyns-kate-kate-collyns-philosophy-for-gardeners-2022-9780711268210-1234721006.jpg?v=1777404282","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/kate-collyns-philosophy-for-gardeners-2022","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}