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 8
... naturalist . But neither would it have been more than a fine nature book had its author not also been a philosopher . Science , " poetry , " and philosophy all coalesce in the climactic essays and especially in ' The Land Ethic " of ...
... naturalist . But neither would it have been more than a fine nature book had its author not also been a philosopher . Science , " poetry , " and philosophy all coalesce in the climactic essays and especially in ' The Land Ethic " of ...
Page 12
... naturalist . Hence his under- standing of the nature of ecosystems — crucial to the question of our duties regarding them — is firmly grounded in both science and experience . The foreword to A Sand County Almanac ( dated March 1948 ) ...
... naturalist . Hence his under- standing of the nature of ecosystems — crucial to the question of our duties regarding them — is firmly grounded in both science and experience . The foreword to A Sand County Almanac ( dated March 1948 ) ...
Page 18
... naturalist . We label him as such , but we also need to qualify the label . We tend to think of naturalists as simple souls who content themselves in the call and response of the wild , who , blithely re- moved from human society ...
... naturalist . We label him as such , but we also need to qualify the label . We tend to think of naturalists as simple souls who content themselves in the call and response of the wild , who , blithely re- moved from human society ...
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... naturalist , Leopold was drawn as a youth to study birds . As an eleven year old , he recorded one of his earliest sys- tematic observations : " I like to study birds . I like the wren best of all birds . We had thirteen nests of wrens ...
... naturalist , Leopold was drawn as a youth to study birds . As an eleven year old , he recorded one of his earliest sys- tematic observations : " I like to study birds . I like the wren best of all birds . We had thirteen nests of wrens ...
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... Naturalist . " He came to Lawrenceville shy , earnest , serious , and more than a little judg- mental , but his lighter , social side soon emerged and he found his niche in the convivial community of the school . He was not a typical ...
... Naturalist . " He came to Lawrenceville shy , earnest , serious , and more than a little judg- mental , but his lighter , social side soon emerged and he found his niche in the convivial community of the school . He was not a typical ...
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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