The philosopher's plant an intellectual herbarium

A secret history of philosophy grafting theory onto science, combining art and storytelling to bring Western thought back to its roots.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marder, Michael
Other Authors: Roussel, Mathilde (Illustrator)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Columbia University Press 2014, ©2014
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Collection: DeGruyter MPG Collection - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Plato's plain tree
  • Aristotle's wheat
  • Plotinus' anonymous "great plant"
  • Augustine's pears
  • Avicenna's celery
  • Maimonides' palm tree
  • Leibniz's blades of grass
  • Kant's tulip
  • Hegel's grapes
  • Heidegger's apple tree
  • Derrida's sunflowers
  • Irigaray's water lily