How Long to Read Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge

How Long Does it Take to Read Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 50 minutes to read Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge by Maryanne Cline Horowitz

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this wide-ranging and thought-provoking study, Maryanne Cline Horowitz explores the image and idea of the human mind as a garden: under the proper educational cultivation, the mind may nourish seeds of virtue and knowledge into the full flowering of human wisdom. This copiously illustrated investigation begins by examining the intellectual world of the Stoics, who originated the phrases "seeds of virtue" and "seeds of knowledge." Tracing the interrelated history of the Stoic cluster of epistemological images for natural law within humanity--reason, common notions, sparks, and seeds--Horowitz presents the distinctive versions within the competing movements of Hellenistic Judaism and early Christianity, Augustinian and Thomist theologies, Christian mysticism and Kabbalah, and Erasmian Catholicism and the Lutheran Reformation. She demonstrates how the Ciceronian and Senecan analogies between horticulture and culture--basic to Italian Renaissance humanists, artists, and neo- Platonists--influence the emergence of emblems and essays among participants in the Northern Renaissance neo-Stoic movement. The Stoic metaphor is still visible today in ecumenical movements that use vegetative language to encourage the growth of shared values and to promote civic virtues: organizations disseminate information on nipping bad habits in the bud and on turning a new leaf. The author's evidence of illustrated pages from medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment texts will stimulate contemporary readers to evaluate her discovery of "the premodern scientific paradigm that the mind develops like a plant."

How long is Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge?

Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge by Maryanne Cline Horowitz is 404 pages long, and a total of 102,616 words.

This makes it 136% the length of the average book. It also has 125% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 20 minutes to read Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge aloud.

What Reading Level is Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge?

Seeds of Virtue and Knowledge is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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