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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... fact and necessity of reproduction remind us of the intrinsic limit on the future - serving power of eating : No amount of self - preservative feeding can provide the indefinite preservation of the feeder . Eating sustains the life of ...
... fact and necessity of reproduction remind us of the intrinsic limit on the future - serving power of eating : No amount of self - preservative feeding can provide the indefinite preservation of the feeder . Eating sustains the life of ...
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... fact the external marks of the decline in the hegemony of instinct over human affairs . The power to see other beings at work is part of the power to imitate what they do and to learn from them — and not least about food . The point was ...
... fact the external marks of the decline in the hegemony of instinct over human affairs . The power to see other beings at work is part of the power to imitate what they do and to learn from them — and not least about food . The point was ...
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... fact that the consequences for human well - being are not necessarily good . After demonstrating the often deadly inability of animals to deviate from their fixed diets ( and just when we expect him to praise our greater dietary ...
... fact that the consequences for human well - being are not necessarily good . After demonstrating the often deadly inability of animals to deviate from their fixed diets ( and just when we expect him to praise our greater dietary ...
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