The Mind of Colors. Essay Collection

In the collection of natural philosophical essays "Mind of flowers" (1907), the author speaks not only about colors, but also about immortality, religion and even martial arts. For several years watching plants in the garden, Meterlink was looking for the secret of the variety of flora surviving in the most unfavorable conditions. In his essay, the finest observations of plant life are the basis for reflection on the connection of man and nature, the formation of the human soul, the attempt of the human personality to find his place in the surrounding world. In addition to the unconditional aesthetics of reasoning, the philosophical prose of Meterlink is also endowed with therapeutic properties, it is able to heal fears generated by spatial helplessness