Cultivating the Soul

In Fritz Allhoff & Dan O'Brien (eds.), Gardening ‐ Philosophy for Everyone. Wiley‐Blackwell. pp. 26–37 (2010-09-24)
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cultivating the soul ‐ the ethics of gardening in ancient Greece and Rome   life in the modern world, attaching moral meaning to professional practices   agriculture and farming life ‐ topics in ancient Greece and Roman literature   farms and gardens ‐ evoking rich and complex set of cultural meanings about human nature   tending gardens, pleasing to gods, pleasing to the state ‐ being the healthiest and pleasantest of occupations   farmer, the foundation of civic life ‐ and farming, most gratifying to the gods   Works and Days and the Oeconomicus ‐ Hesiod and Xenophon's treatments of rural life   Xenophon, addressing a different world ‐ to that of Hesiod's rural farmer   Oeconomicus, Xenophon developing the theme of the Gardener/King ‐ with respect to Cyrus the Great and the pretender Cyrus the Younger   Xenophon's ideas ‐ concerning cultivation of the soil as part of estate management

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