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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... Cause of Nourishing Our reflections to this point have hardly broken new ground nor have they been especially controversial . The difficulty begins when we move from description to explanation , from stating the facts of nourishing to ...
... Cause of Nourishing Our reflections to this point have hardly broken new ground nor have they been especially controversial . The difficulty begins when we move from description to explanation , from stating the facts of nourishing to ...
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... cause , the stable something beneath or behind the flux . + When this question of responsibility or cause was first elaborated in classical antiquity , a variety of meanings were distinguished , for there are many different kinds of ...
... cause , the stable something beneath or behind the flux . + When this question of responsibility or cause was first elaborated in classical antiquity , a variety of meanings were distinguished , for there are many different kinds of ...
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... cause or the efficient cause , the source of the effect , that which puts something in motion . In the Newtonian world of inert matter in motion , the true cause would be the force that pushed or pulled from the outside , overcoming ...
... cause or the efficient cause , the source of the effect , that which puts something in motion . In the Newtonian world of inert matter in motion , the true cause would be the force that pushed or pulled from the outside , overcoming ...
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