Gardens and the Passion for the Infinite

by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

Book Overview

What essentially is a garden? Is it a small plot of land that we put aside to cultivate our favourite vegetables or to grow flowers for our personal enjoyment? Or is it a symbol, a mirror, a reflection of our human passions?
Within the context of phenomenology/ontopoiesis-of-life, we find the significance of the garden inscribed within the web of the Human Condition, creatively unfurling its form from the vital basis to its loftiest swings of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402008589
• ISBN13: 9781402008580
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 353 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"