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A man decides to build a garden. His purpose is to create a space that gives him pleasure. First, he chooses a site and builds a wall around it to separate it from the disorganized world beyond. Next, the gardener selects those elements from nature that please him, such as fragrant flowers, fruit trees, and running water. He arranges these elements within the garden according to a design that allows him to appreciate each of them to the utmost. Thus a garden is a special space full of pretty things from nature arranged in a pleasing way.
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Martin, M.K. (2003). In Search of Paradise: Gardens in Medieval French and Persian Poetry. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) Gardens and the Passion for the Infinite. Analecta Husserliana, vol 78. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1658-1_8
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