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Afterword - Works & Days and Then Some

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2020

M. D. Usher
M. D. Usher
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University of Vermont
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The Afterword (“Works and Days and Then Some”) is a miscellany consisting of anecdotes and observations about sustainable living and systems dynamics based on the author's own experiences of raising a family and building a house and a farm from scratch in the midst of intellectual pursuits. It also contains some concluding thoughts on presentisms old and new, and on the enduring ecological value of studying the Classics in an age dominated by the STEM disciplines.

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farmingWhig historypresentismsheepVW JettaVermontcomplexitysustainabilitylifestyleClassics
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Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
Ancient Guides to Living with Nature
 , pp. 207 - 216
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Works & Days and Then Some
  • M. D. Usher, University of Vermont
  • Book: Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
  • Online publication: 26 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884518.010
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  • Works & Days and Then Some
  • M. D. Usher, University of Vermont
  • Book: Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
  • Online publication: 26 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884518.010
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  • Works & Days and Then Some
  • M. D. Usher, University of Vermont
  • Book: Plato's Pigs and Other Ruminations
  • Online publication: 26 September 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108884518.010
Available formats
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