L'intelligence des fleurs

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949

Language:

French

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"L'intelligence des fleurs" by Maurice Maeterlinck is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work explores the fascinating interactions and mechanisms of plants, particularly flowers, as they navigate their existence and reproduction. It presents an argument for the inherent intelligence found in the plant world, weaving observations from botany with philosophical reflections. The opening portion of the book discusses various aspects of plant intelligence, focusing on their strategies for survival and reproduction. Maeterlinck emphasizes the ingenuity of flowers in attracting pollinators and ensuring their propagation despite their immobility. He illustrates this with examples, such as the intricate mechanics of flower structures that facilitate effective pollination and the remarkable adaptations that allow plants to thrive in diverse environments. Through these observations, he seeks to reveal a profound and often overlooked wisdom in nature's design, inviting readers to appreciate the complexity and resourcefulness of flowers in their quest for existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

L'intelligence des fleurs

Les parfums

La mesure des heures

L'inquiétude de notre morale

Éloge de la boxe

A propos du Roi Lear

Les dieux de la guerre

Le pardon des injures

L'accident

Notre devoir social

L'immortalité.

Credits:

Produced by Laurent Vogel, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 60.9 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2020-05-14