For a counter-philosophy to Versailles, see Voltaire’s gardens and gardening. I’ve a chapter on this in Philosophy in the Garden.
Damon Young
Today's episode is one of my favorites among recent topics: a look at the formal French garden, and its surprisingly intricate relationship to philosophy under Louis XIV! (Also look out for a fabulous pun about him.)
www.historyofphilosophy.net/french-garden
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