Name: a philosophy of gardens
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Author: david e. cooper
ISBN: 9780199290345

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a philosophy of gardens

David E. Cooper (Author) · oxford university press · Physical Book

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Synopsis "a philosophy of gardens"

why do gardens matter so much and mean so much to people? that is the intriguing question to which david cooper seeks an answer in this book. given the enthusiasm for gardens in human civilization ancient and modern, eastern and western, it is surprising that the question has been so long
neglected by modern philosophy. now at last there is a philosophy of gardens. david cooper identifies garden appreciation as a special human phenomenon distinct from both from the appreciation of art and the appreciation of nature. he discusses the contribution of gardening and other garden-related
pursuits to the good life. and he distinguishes the many kinds of meanings that gardens may have, from their representation of nature to their spiritual significance. a philosophy of gardens will open up this subject to students and scholars of aesthetics, ethics, and cultural and environmental
studies, and to anyone with a reflective interest in things horticultural.