The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium by Michael Marder

The Philosopher's Plant: An Intellectual Herbarium

Michael Marder with Mathilde Roussel (Illustrator)

288 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history nature philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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, ...

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