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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Pagina 47
... appetite " is also required . In higher animals awareness of an edible being or object leads to eating only because ... appetite are * I return to this topic in the last chapter . copresent with life . Indeed the germ of appetite governs ...
... appetite " is also required . In higher animals awareness of an edible being or object leads to eating only because ... appetite are * I return to this topic in the last chapter . copresent with life . Indeed the germ of appetite governs ...
Pagina 48
... appetite governs , guides , and integrates awareness and action : Appetite or desire , not DNA , is the deepest principle of life . The attentive reader , reflecting on the immanent powers of ap- petite , awareness , and action I claim ...
... appetite governs , guides , and integrates awareness and action : Appetite or desire , not DNA , is the deepest principle of life . The attentive reader , reflecting on the immanent powers of ap- petite , awareness , and action I claim ...
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... appetite for pleasure . If , then , it will not be obedient and beneath the ruler , it will grow great . For the appetite for the pleasant is insatiable and indiscrimi- nate in a mindless being , and the activity of desire increases the ...
... appetite for pleasure . If , then , it will not be obedient and beneath the ruler , it will grow great . For the appetite for the pleasant is insatiable and indiscrimi- nate in a mindless being , and the activity of desire increases the ...
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