Philosophy in the Garden - by Damon Young (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p><strong>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'?</strong></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p><strong>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'?</strong></p> <p>In <em>Philosophy in the Garden</em>, 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 <em>Philosophy in the Garden</em> 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.)</p> <p><em>Philosophy in the Garden</em> 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.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"A gentle dig for ideas about how to live--this book will grow your mind and put a glow in your cheeks." <br />--<b>Deborah Levy, author of <i>Swimming Home</i></b></p> <p>"Erudite, yet witty and accessible, [<i>Philosophy in the Garden</i>] is intellectual history at its most completely pleasurable." <br />--<b>Oliver Burkeman, author of <i>The Antidote</i></b></p> <p>"A brilliant philosophical and literary meditation that helps us rethink our relationship with the natural world--and with ourselves." <br />--<b>Roman Krznaric, author of <i>Empathy</i> and <i>How to Find Fulfilling Work</i></b></p> <p>"This is a gardening book that takes readers not on a walk around great estates but on a tour of great minds...It's a lovely extension on the notion that gardens make you contemplative and in working with the soil you see life's big picture." <br />--<b><i>Daily Telegraph</i></b></p> <p>"[T]hought-provoking...a fine book." <br />--<b><i>Gardens Illustrated</i></b></p> <p>"[F]or readers drawn to learning about the millennia-old tradition of teaching, writing, and thinking in the outdoors, this pithy offering will more than satisfy." <br />--<b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b></p><br>
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