‘A lingering in stillness’: philosopher Byung-Chul Han on the radical power of gardening

By Thomas Moran, Lecturer in the Department of English, Creative Writing and Film, Adelaide University

Cicero, the Roman Stoic, once wrote to his friend Varro, pending a visit to his home: “If you have a garden in your library, we shall have all we want.” This same desire for good books and natural beauty is at the heart of Byung-Chul Han’s In Praise of the Earth, in which he reflects on gardening as a form of philosophical meditation.

Review: In Praise of the Earth: A Journey into the Garden – Byung-Chul Han (Polity)

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