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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... material parts of the organism ( and of its food ) . Not since Descartes broke with his philosophical ancestors to present his doctrine of the " animal machine " and a purely me- chanical explanation of vital phenomena has any ...
... material parts of the organism ( and of its food ) . Not since Descartes broke with his philosophical ancestors to present his doctrine of the " animal machine " and a purely me- chanical explanation of vital phenomena has any ...
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... material " and the former its " form . " Form and material are , in the first instance , relative and cor- relative terms : Form is the something made of certain materials ; ma- terials are , as materials , materials of and for the ...
... material " and the former its " form . " Form and material are , in the first instance , relative and cor- relative terms : Form is the something made of certain materials ; ma- terials are , as materials , materials of and for the ...
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... material . True , the information carried in DNA is borne by its material elements — that is , by the nucleotide bases ( adenine , guanine , thymine , cytosine ) —though here too the preservation of the same kind of base , not of this ...
... material . True , the information carried in DNA is borne by its material elements — that is , by the nucleotide bases ( adenine , guanine , thymine , cytosine ) —though here too the preservation of the same kind of base , not of this ...
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