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Planting the Seed
In Fritz Allhoff & Dan O'Brien (eds.), Gardening ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 1–10 (2010-09-24)
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gardening or planting the seed ‐ a philosophy for everyone Professor David Cooper's A Philosophy of Gardens gardening, a human activity engaging core philosophical questions ‐ human wellbeing, wisdom, nature of time, metaphysics and religion gardening, inviting philosophers ‐ to look down from their ivory tower to the gardens around its base human practice of cultivating plants for their beauty ‐ in varying degrees of formality older notions of living a good life ‐ as opposed to pleasurable ones living a good life, a virtuous life ‐ bringing with it not the hedonistic pleasures gardening, acquiring virtues ‐ and tranquility with its exercise flower and vegetable competitions ‐ being more than temporary diversions garden of cosmic speculation in Scotland ‐ reflecting scientific cosmology
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