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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... dietary laws that show how the activity of eating can be not only ennobled but even sanctified . For if the argument of this book is sound , one would expect to find exem- plary culminating customs regarding eating that manifest a more ...
... dietary laws that show how the activity of eating can be not only ennobled but even sanctified . For if the argument of this book is sound , one would expect to find exem- plary culminating customs regarding eating that manifest a more ...
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... dietary laws . Why these dietary laws ? What have they to do with holiness ? These are questions I consider in this chapter . They are not new questions— they have been raised , by friend and foe alike , for centuries1 — and the many ...
... dietary laws . Why these dietary laws ? What have they to do with holiness ? These are questions I consider in this chapter . They are not new questions— they have been raised , by friend and foe alike , for centuries1 — and the many ...
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... dietary laws . See Dietary laws , Jewish Jonas , Hans , 40n , 49 , 54n Judgmental self - consciousness , emer- gence of , 77-78 Justice in distribution of food at table , 137 need for , 98 potential savagery versus excellence and , 93 ...
... dietary laws . See Dietary laws , Jewish Jonas , Hans , 40n , 49 , 54n Judgmental self - consciousness , emer- gence of , 77-78 Justice in distribution of food at table , 137 need for , 98 potential savagery versus excellence and , 93 ...
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