The philosopher's plant : an intellectual herbarium / Michael Marder ; drawings by Mathilde Roussel.

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 alleg...

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Main Author: Marder, Michael, 1980- (Author)
Contributors: Roussel, Mathilde (Illustrator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
French
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014.
Series:European perspectives. A series in social thought and cultural criticism.
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