2. Cultivating the Soul
The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Dan O'Brien PhD Research Fellow Associate Lecturer
Published Online: 13 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch2
Copyright © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Book Title
Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone
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How to Cite
Ray, M. T. (2010) Cultivating the Soul, in Gardening - Philosophy for Everyone (ed D. O'Brien), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324563.ch2
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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
Series Editor Information
Western Michigan University, USA
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444330212
Online ISBN: 9781444324563
- Summary
- Chapter
Keywords:
- 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
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Greece
Rome
Conclusion
Notes