The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our NatureWhat 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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The Human Arm and Hand In upright posture , the upper extremities , no longer
needed to support and carry the body , are free to acquire new tasks . Much has
been made of the significance of the opposable thumb and the prehensile hand ...
The Human Arm and Hand In upright posture , the upper extremities , no longer
needed to support and carry the body , are free to acquire new tasks . Much has
been made of the significance of the opposable thumb and the prehensile hand ...
Pagina 68
The curiously discriminating receptivity of the open hand contains and expresses
our curiously theoretical and contemplative attitude . The arm and hand also
function , again thanks to the upright posture and again in cooperation with eye
and ...
The curiously discriminating receptivity of the open hand contains and expresses
our curiously theoretical and contemplative attitude . The arm and hand also
function , again thanks to the upright posture and again in cooperation with eye
and ...
Pagina 69
In at least some cases — for example , with gestures such as shaking hands or
embracing or cradling or shrugging one's shoulders — our ... Holding hands
expresses affection , outstretched arms betoken desire ; a forward - thrust open
hand ...
In at least some cases — for example , with gestures such as shaking hands or
embracing or cradling or shrugging one's shoulders — our ... Holding hands
expresses affection , outstretched arms betoken desire ; a forward - thrust open
hand ...
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THE HUNGRY SOUL: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature
Comentariu Utilizator - KirkusDoctor-turned-teacher Kass (Committee on Social Thought/Univ. of Chicago) serves up a stimulating treatise on the anthropology and ethics of eating. In the tradition of ancient philosophers of the ... Citiți recenzia completă
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able action activity animals appetite awareness become begin body bread called cause Chapter civilized common conversation course cultural customs desire dietary dining dinner direction distinction drink earth eating especially ethical example existence experience expression eyes face fact feed feel freedom fruit function give given guests hand higher holy hospitality host human implies important kind laws least less liberality living look man's manners material matter meal means meat mind moral motion mouth move nature necessity nourishing object one's organism original ourselves pleasures possible posture powers practice prepared present principle provides question rational reason recognize regarding relation rules seek seems sense separation served share sight social soul speak speech standing story strangers taste things thought tion tongue transformation true turn understanding University upright virtue whole