
This book relates the value present in the natural world and in human creativity to an underlying purpose which it traces in creation. It opens by invoking the wonder aroused by nature's value and celebrated by poets, and moves to a cosmic purpose as the best explanation of this...

This book relates the value present in the natural world and in human creativity to an underlying purpose which it traces in creation. In integrating the themes of value, creativity and purpose, the book contributes a new synthesis to the literature of philosophy, environmental...