Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysJ. Baird Callicott University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 15 - 308 pages The first sustained study of Leopold's seminal book as well as a work of art, philosophy, and social commentary. |
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... nature , the absence of a rich Western philosophical literature— ancient , modern , and contemporary — in natural aesthetics be- comes less surprising . In sharp contrast to Far Eastern cultures , in the West an aesthetic response to nature ...
... nature , the absence of a rich Western philosophical literature— ancient , modern , and contemporary — in natural aesthetics be- comes less surprising . In sharp contrast to Far Eastern cultures , in the West an aesthetic response to nature ...
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... natural beings . On the other hand , we are moral beings , the implication seems clear , precisely to the extent that we are civilized , that we have removed ourselves from nature . We are more than natural beings ; we are metanatural ...
... natural beings . On the other hand , we are moral beings , the implication seems clear , precisely to the extent that we are civilized , that we have removed ourselves from nature . We are more than natural beings ; we are metanatural ...
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... Natural history : Almanac and genre of , 8 , 110–27 , 129 ; of morals ( eth- ics ) , 68 ; Leopold's field notes and , 106 ; other classics of , 110 , 113–14 ; rationality of developments in , 268. See also Description ; Nature writing ...
... Natural history : Almanac and genre of , 8 , 110–27 , 129 ; of morals ( eth- ics ) , 68 ; Leopold's field notes and , 106 ; other classics of , 110 , 113–14 ; rationality of developments in , 268. See also Description ; Nature writing ...
Contents
The Author | 4 |
Aldo Leopolds Early Years | 17 |
Aldo Leopolds Sand Country | 40 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical Essays |
| Editor | J. Baird Callicott |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1987 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2010 |
| ISBN | 0299112306, 9780299112301 |
| Length | 308 pages |
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