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7 / Leibniz’s Blades of Grass
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents viii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM xiii
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Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls
- 1 / Plato’s Plane Tree 2
- 2 / Aristotle’s Wheat 21
- 3 / Plotinus’ Anonymous “Great Plant” 39
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Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments
- 4 / Augustine’s Pears 58
- 5 / Avicenna’s Celery 79
- 6 / Maimonides’ Palm Tree 97
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Part III. Modern Plant-Images
- 7 / Leibniz’s Blades of Grass 114
- 8 / Kant’s Tulip 133
- 9 / Hegel’s Grapes 153
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Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects
- 10 / Heidegger’s Apple Tree 172
- 11 / Derrida’s Sunflowers 193
- 12 / Irigaray’s Water Lily 213
- NOTES 231
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
- INDEX 255
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents viii
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
- PROLOGUE: HERBARIUM PHILOSOPHICUM xiii
-
Part I. Ancient Plant-Souls
- 1 / Plato’s Plane Tree 2
- 2 / Aristotle’s Wheat 21
- 3 / Plotinus’ Anonymous “Great Plant” 39
-
Part II. Medieval Plant-Instruments
- 4 / Augustine’s Pears 58
- 5 / Avicenna’s Celery 79
- 6 / Maimonides’ Palm Tree 97
-
Part III. Modern Plant-Images
- 7 / Leibniz’s Blades of Grass 114
- 8 / Kant’s Tulip 133
- 9 / Hegel’s Grapes 153
-
Part IV. Postmodern Plant-Subjects
- 10 / Heidegger’s Apple Tree 172
- 11 / Derrida’s Sunflowers 193
- 12 / Irigaray’s Water Lily 213
- NOTES 231
- BIBLIOGRAPHY 245
- INDEX 255