{"product_id":"philosophy-in-the-garden-9781950354078","title":"Philosophy in the Garden","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy 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'?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy in the Garden\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003ePhilosophy in the Garden\u003c\/em\u003e 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.)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhilosophy in the Garden\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribe Us\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781950354078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/16\/2020\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Damon Young","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470793724085,"sku":"9781950354078","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_965cd2e2-e4e4-4302-8d02-5284d7414a1c.jpg?v=1612927089","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/philosophy-in-the-garden-9781950354078","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}