THE VEGETATIVE SOUL -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- 1. Works by Kant -- 2. Works by Goethe -- 3. Works by Hölderlin -- 4. Works by Hegel -- 5. Works by Nietzsche -- 6. Other works -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. KANT: The English Garden -- 2. GOETHE: The Metamorphosis of Plants -- 3. HÖLDERLIN: Gleaning -- 4. FIGURES OF PLANT VULNERABILITY: Empedocles and the Tragic Christ -- 5. HEGEL: The Self-Sacrifice of the Innocent Plant -- 6. NIETZSCHE: The Ivy and the Vine -- Conclusion: DISSEMINATION, RHIZOMES, EFFLORESCENCE: The Legacy of the Vegetative Soul in Twentieth-Century Thought -- NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Kant: The English Garden -- Chapter 2. Goethe: The Metamorphosis of Plants -- Chapter 3. Hölderlin: Gleaning -- Chapter 4. Figures of Plant Vulnerability: Empedocles and the Tragic Christ -- Chapter 5. Hegel: The Self-Sacrifice of the Innocent Plant -- Chapter 6. Nietzsche: The Ivy and the Vine -- Conclusion. Dissemination, Rhizomes, Efflorescence -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.