Cultivating the Soul

The Ethics of Gardening in Ancient Greece and Rome

O'Brien, Dan (Herausgeber:in) / Ray, Meghan T. (Autor:in)

Gardening ‐ Philosophy for Everyone ; 26-37

Philosophy for Everyone

24.09.2010

12 pages

9781444324563 , 9781444330212

https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444324563.ch2

Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)

Elektronische Ressource

Englisch

agriculture and farming life ‐ topics in ancient Greece and Roman literature , farmer, the foundation of civic life ‐ and farming, most gratifying to the gods , Oeconomicus, Xenophon developing the theme of the Gardener/King ‐ with respect to Cyrus the Great and the pretender Cyrus the Younger , Xenophon, addressing a different world ‐ to that of Hesiod's rural farmer , Works and Days and the Oeconomicus ‐ Hesiod and Xenophon's treatments of rural life , life in the modern world, attaching moral meaning to professional practices , Xenophon's ideas ‐ concerning cultivation of the soil as part of estate management , cultivating the soul ‐ the ethics of gardening in ancient Greece and Rome , 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