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How to Burn a Goat - Farming with the Philosophers
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Baylor University Press
Sivumäärä: 224 sivua
Asu: Kovakantinen kirja
Julkaisuvuosi: 2019, 01.12.2019 (lisätietoa)
Kieli: Englanti
The ancient Roman orator Cicero famously believed,"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."Contemporary philosopher Scott H. Moore agreesand putsthis celebrated aphorism to the test. In How to Burn a Goat: Farming with the Philosophers ,Moorespeculateson the practice of farming through the lens of philosophy and literature.He weaves together a tapestry of philosophical reflectionson work and leisure, the nature of the virtues,and the role and limitations of technology and higher education with personal reflections on the joys and trials of farm life on his Crawford, Texas,farm. Full ofself-deprecating humor, Moore relates hisown experience of a philosopher turned farmer.His efforts at scholar-farmer are haunted by questions from the world's great mindsa"Does Plato's acity of sows' ring true?,""Can Ockham help break a recalcitrant heifer?,""How can Heidegger help with raising swine?,""What insights does Iris Murdoch offer for pest control?" Combining insight with down-to-earth vignettes, Moore joins Wendell Berry, E. B. White, George Orwell, and many more in recognizing the truths deeply rooted in the management of the practical affairs of a farm. Moore arguesthat a return toagrarian roots is needed to restore Aristotelian wonder and wisdom in a worldincreasingly defined by technology. Rejecting the idea that humans are simply cogs in awheel, he shows howgreater human happiness can be found in the meaningful labor of tending to nature, rather than the ever-expanding march of automation.

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9781481311526
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