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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... common ground - in tacit affirmation of both the common necessity that brings all to the table and the common humanity that humanizes and ennobles necessity by transforming it into dining . Dinner part- ners , at a minimum , must be ...
... common ground - in tacit affirmation of both the common necessity that brings all to the table and the common humanity that humanizes and ennobles necessity by transforming it into dining . Dinner part- ners , at a minimum , must be ...
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... common humanity and our mutual neediness . But in arranging and hosting a dinner party we go beyond what is necessary . We entertain not strangers but friends ( or at least acquaintances ) , and we do so gladly and with an open hand ...
... common humanity and our mutual neediness . But in arranging and hosting a dinner party we go beyond what is necessary . We entertain not strangers but friends ( or at least acquaintances ) , and we do so gladly and with an open hand ...
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... common " ; from a root meaning " to bore , to wound , to dissolve , to break " -in short , " to destroy wholeness and form ” ) . God's first speech after this episode of the strange fire gives something of a dietary law to Aaron and the ...
... common " ; from a root meaning " to bore , to wound , to dissolve , to break " -in short , " to destroy wholeness and form ” ) . God's first speech after this episode of the strange fire gives something of a dietary law to Aaron and the ...
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