El jardí d'Epicur

The garden of Epicurus is an invitation, based on the philosopher Epicurus of Samos, to explore the world of gardens. From Greek philosophy to modernity, this essay traces a historical and philosophical journey through the concepts of garden, orchard, paradise and nature in authors as diverse as Montaigne, Rousseau, the painter Claude Monet or the contemporary thinker Byung-Chul Han. The reader will find that the garden is a fruitful and constant presence in poetry, religion, music and science of all times.Muñoz Redon's essay is also a celebration of the concept of friendship and the joy of living close to nature, so present in Epicurean philosophy.