Companion to A Sand County Almanac: Interpretive and Critical EssaysUniv of Wisconsin Press, 1987 M09 1 - 320 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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Page viii
... concerned citizen , but I was also , more particularly , a challenged philosopher . I asked myself how , as a philosopher , I could contribute to a rethinking of human nature and a recon- struction of human values to help bring them ...
... concerned citizen , but I was also , more particularly , a challenged philosopher . I asked myself how , as a philosopher , I could contribute to a rethinking of human nature and a recon- struction of human values to help bring them ...
Page 9
... concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac . The " esthetic harvest " which land " is ca- pable , under science , of contributing to culture " is introduced in the foreword as one of the three principal themes of the book , and the ...
... concern of the author of A Sand County Almanac . The " esthetic harvest " which land " is ca- pable , under science , of contributing to culture " is introduced in the foreword as one of the three principal themes of the book , and the ...
Page 10
... concerned with material historical influences as with how Leopold synthesized earlier papers to produce his nomothetic essay . It is certain that Leopold read Darwin , whose influence on his moral philosophy is most pronounced . And we ...
... concerned with material historical influences as with how Leopold synthesized earlier papers to produce his nomothetic essay . It is certain that Leopold read Darwin , whose influence on his moral philosophy is most pronounced . And we ...
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... concern , riding by buck- board out to the islands of settlement in the prairie seas of Kan- sas and Nebraska . In between his sales trips west , he boarded with the Starkers in Burlington , and fell in love with his cousin Clara . They ...
... concern , riding by buck- board out to the islands of settlement in the prairie seas of Kan- sas and Nebraska . In between his sales trips west , he boarded with the Starkers in Burlington , and fell in love with his cousin Clara . They ...
Page 21
... concern for the natural world . On hunts , pic- nics , fishing trips , or simple walks , he was the all - purpose guide , explainer of mysteries , and instiller of ethics and sportsmanship . In his lifetime , Carl had seen the abundance ...
... concern for the natural world . On hunts , pic- nics , fishing trips , or simple walks , he was the all - purpose guide , explainer of mysteries , and instiller of ethics and sportsmanship . In his lifetime , Carl had seen the abundance ...
Contents
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II The Book | 89 |
III The Upshot | 155 |
IV The Impact | 219 |
Appendix | 275 |
Foreword | 281 |
Contributors | 291 |
Index | 295 |
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