The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our NatureFree Press, 1994 - 248 pagini What is the full meaning of eating? What does it reveal about the soul? What is the meaning of human omnivorousness and the myriad customs that refine human eating, transforming animal feeding into human dining? This book examines the phenomena of eating, natural and cultural - from metabolism, appetite, and taste, to hospitality, table manners, and the ritual meal, and reveals how eating not only feeds the body but also nourishes the soul. |
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... chapter's account of living animal form reveals the three great powers of soul - awareness , action , and especially ap- petite - that prefigure important dimensions of human life . Turning in Chapter 2 from animal nature in general to ...
... chapter's account of living animal form reveals the three great powers of soul - awareness , action , and especially ap- petite - that prefigure important dimensions of human life . Turning in Chapter 2 from animal nature in general to ...
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... chapter , but here is how Leo Strauss summarizes the sequence of cre- ation in the first chapter , showing the principle of separation at work : From the principle of separation , light [ which allows discernment and dis- tinction ] ...
... chapter , but here is how Leo Strauss summarizes the sequence of cre- ation in the first chapter , showing the principle of separation at work : From the principle of separation , light [ which allows discernment and dis- tinction ] ...
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... Chapter 11 is , in fact , only the first of several chapters that articu- late the distinction between the clean and the unclean , the holy and the common . Each deals with what might be described as " trans- gressions " of the natural ...
... Chapter 11 is , in fact , only the first of several chapters that articu- late the distinction between the clean and the unclean , the holy and the common . Each deals with what might be described as " trans- gressions " of the natural ...
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