{"id":4303,"date":"2018-03-22T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/gardening-and-some-philosophical-questions\/"},"modified":"2018-03-22T12:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T19:13:00","slug":"gardening-and-some-philosophical-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/gardening-and-some-philosophical-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening and Some Philosophical Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sPOizytBCk8\/WrP7R_xAjiI\/AAAAAAAABhI\/X3gYLSQanSU4BqpmMBzVnOe1v9_ytF2zQCLcBGAs\/s1600\/frogandtoad.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"259\" data-original-width=\"200\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-sPOizytBCk8\/WrP7R_xAjiI\/AAAAAAAABhI\/X3gYLSQanSU4BqpmMBzVnOe1v9_ytF2zQCLcBGAs\/s320\/frogandtoad.jpg\" width=\"247\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&#8220;The Garden&#8221; in <i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0064440214\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=wondephilo-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0064440214&amp;linkId=4c0590669bef838cae8660082e7f3dbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Frog and Toad Together<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i>is another of Arnold Lobel&#8217;s delightful stories about the friends Frog and Toad, and one that is perfect for the early spring, which we&#8217;re experiencing in Seattle this month, with the cherry trees in full blossom.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">When Toad sees Frog\u2019s beautiful garden, Toad decides that he too would like to have a garden. Frog tells Toad that a garden is hard work, and gives Toad some flower seeds to plant. After Toad plants the seeds, he tells them to start growing, and when they do not do so immediately, he shouts to the ground that the seeds should start growing\u2014but this still doesn\u2019t work.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">Frog suggests that Toad is frightening the seeds with all the shouting, and tells Frog to leave the seeds alone for a few days. That night Toad observes that the seeds have still not begun to grow, and he worries that they are afraid of the dark. Toad begins experimenting with reading stories and poems to the seeds and playing music for them. Still, the seeds do not grow. Eventually, Toad falls asleep, and when he wakes up he sees that the seeds have started to grow. He is very happy that his &#8220;seeds have stopped being afraid to grow.&#8221; Toad then reports to Frog that Frog was right, growing a garden is \u201cvery hard work.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333;\">How do we know if we what do affects anyone or anything else?<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">If B occurs after A, does this mean that A caused B? Why or why not?&nbsp;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">Toad says that Frog\u2019s garden is beautiful. What makes a garden beautiful or not beautiful?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">Is nature beautiful in the same way that for example, music and art are beautiful?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit;\">Frog tells Toad that the seeds are \u201cafraid to grow\u201d after Toad yells at the seeds. What might Frog mean by this?<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Is Toad more invested in his garden after all his work, even if his work didn&#8217;t cause the seeds to grow? Do things matter more to us if we&#8217;ve worked hard for them than if they just come to us? 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