Living-With Wisdom

Name: Living-With Wisdom
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Living-With WisdomPermaculture and Symbiotic Ethics\nAuthor(s): Alexander Badman-King\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367406035, 978-0367406035\nSynopsis\nLiving-With Wisdom explores the way in which ancient Greek models of philosophy as an attempt to live the good life can and should be realised through the practice of permaculture. Following the thought of Plato and Aristotle, the author places the achievement of wisdom and fulfilment at the centre of the good life, identifying these with the achievement of a complex admixture of virtues, which are dependent on an appreciation of goodness itself.\n\nThe book then examines the manner in which permaculture or the practice of sustainable farming or ethical gardening can provide us with the best opportunity to acquire this moral knowledge through the close relationships we can have with other living beings and things. A study of the nature of wisdom and a means .