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Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations - Ancient Guides to Living with Nature (Hardcover)
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Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations - Ancient Guides to Living with Nature (Hardcover)
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The Greeks and Romans have been charged with destroying the
ecosystems within which they lived. In this book, however, M. D.
Usher argues rather that we can find in their lives and thought the
origin of modern ideas about systems and sustainability, important
topics for humans today and in the future. With chapters running
the gamut of Greek and Roman experience - from the Presocratics and
Plato to Roman agronomy and the Benedictine Rule - Plato's Pigs
brings together unlikely bedfellows, both ancient and modern, to
reveal surprising connections. Lively prose and liberal use of
anecdotal detail, including an afterword about the author's own
experiments with sustainable living on his sheep farm in Vermont,
add a strong authorial voice. In short, this is a unique,
first-of-its-kind book that is sure to be of interest to anyone
working in Classics, environmental studies, philosophy, ecology, or
the history of ideas.
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