The Life of Plants

Acknowledgments ix

Author’s Preface xi

I Prologue

1 On Plants, or the Origin of Our World 3

2 The Extension of the Domain of Life 7

3 On Plants, or the Life of the Spirit 12

4 Toward a Philosophy of Nature 17

II Leaf Theory: The Atmosphere of the World

5 Leaves 25

6 Tiktaalik roseae 29

7 In Open Air: Onto...