15. The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King
- Dan O'Brien PhD Research Fellow Associate Lecturer
Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch15
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone
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How to Cite
Evans, S. T. (2010) The Garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King, in Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone (ed D. O'Brien), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch15
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Oxford Brookes University, UK
Publication History
- Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
- Published Print: 24 SEP 2010
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Book Series Editors:
- Fritz Allhoff
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Western Michigan University, USA
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Print ISBN: 9781444330212
Online ISBN: 9781444324563
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- philosophers' gardens;
- garden of the Aztec Philosopher-King;
- Aztecs of ancient Mexico, cross-cultural sympathy - and bloody sacrificial rites;
- Aztec kings and their botanical gardens, and landscape designers - like their successors in 16th-century Europe;
- today's botanical gardens - echoing Aztec prototypes in profound homage;
- Aztecs, animists believing that there was no separation - between organic and inorganic worlds;
- Teotihuacan's monumental Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon - culturally dominant in Mexico;
- Aztecs' Tollán, a fruitful garden-city, urbanized - landscaped to luxuriant productivity;
- Nezahualcoyotl, Renaissance man of Aztec culture - bridging Spanish and Aztec cultures;
- Nezahualcoyotl's place, and place of gardens - in Aztec political history
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
The Aztecs and Their Kings
Nezahualcoyotl: Renaissance Man of Aztec Culture
The Uses of Nezahualcoyotl: Bridging Spanish and Aztec Cultures
Nezahualcoyotl's Place, and the Place of Gardens, in Aztec Political History
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