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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... activity of the animal , more precisely , the activity of the animal as eater ( " First they eat , then they fall asleep . " ) Eating as an activity is thus one manifestation of animate being and part of the animal's " being - at - work ...
... activity of the animal , more precisely , the activity of the animal as eater ( " First they eat , then they fall asleep . " ) Eating as an activity is thus one manifestation of animate being and part of the animal's " being - at - work ...
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... activities of the next . To be sure , the energy for organic activity is chemical energy , trapped in elemen- tary molecules and always transferred from molecule to molecule . And no chemical molecule reacts in the organism contrary to ...
... activities of the next . To be sure , the energy for organic activity is chemical energy , trapped in elemen- tary molecules and always transferred from molecule to molecule . And no chemical molecule reacts in the organism contrary to ...
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... activity . Animals face purposively forward in goal - directed activity not only in the self - interested and self - preserving functions of eating and taking nourishment . They do so in most everything , and nowhere more than in the ...
... activity . Animals face purposively forward in goal - directed activity not only in the self - interested and self - preserving functions of eating and taking nourishment . They do so in most everything , and nowhere more than in the ...
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