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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... drink milk and grow into milk- giving cows ; human children eat egg yolks and drink cows ' milk but grow up only human . Yolk taken by the chicken becomes chicken ; the same yolk taken by the child is humanized . How can this be , if ...
... drink milk and grow into milk- giving cows ; human children eat egg yolks and drink cows ' milk but grow up only human . Yolk taken by the chicken becomes chicken ; the same yolk taken by the child is humanized . How can this be , if ...
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... drink " ) — the setting for the only Socratic dialogue that features a contest between poets and a philosopher and that concerns the nature of a god , the god Eros . Yet it is with Socrates in mind that some friends of human ratio ...
... drink " ) — the setting for the only Socratic dialogue that features a contest between poets and a philosopher and that concerns the nature of a god , the god Eros . Yet it is with Socrates in mind that some friends of human ratio ...
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... drink not to elevation . " Temper- ance tempers appetites mainly by limiting quantity . Counseling against excess , Franklin urges moderation in food and drink , but not , it seems , as an end in itself . Excess eating makes the mind ...
... drink not to elevation . " Temper- ance tempers appetites mainly by limiting quantity . Counseling against excess , Franklin urges moderation in food and drink , but not , it seems , as an end in itself . Excess eating makes the mind ...
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