Botany Philosophy Botany History Plants Adaptation Books

Marder Michael  Roussel Mathilde (ILT) 
edizioni Columbia Univ Pr collana Columbia Univ Pr (Paperback) , 2014

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, letters, and other compositions; spun elaborate allegories out of flowers,...