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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... matter . Form , on such an account , would be at all levels but an accident , or at most a result , of the necessitated bumpings and joinings , in stages , of the ul- timate matter . It is this view that we are here challenging . If ...
... matter . Form , on such an account , would be at all levels but an accident , or at most a result , of the necessitated bumpings and joinings , in stages , of the ul- timate matter . It is this view that we are here challenging . If ...
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... Matter must be given its due , and one must even acknowledge the initial attractions of materialism . The classical argument for the primacy of matter began from the fact that all living beings die and that , after death , their bodies ...
... Matter must be given its due , and one must even acknowledge the initial attractions of materialism . The classical argument for the primacy of matter began from the fact that all living beings die and that , after death , their bodies ...
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... matter what the form . The nameless vegetarians , at first glance preferable because less brutal , turn out also to be homogenizers : Vi- tality is vitality , no matter what the form . They also assimilate man to the animals : Both are ...
... matter what the form . The nameless vegetarians , at first glance preferable because less brutal , turn out also to be homogenizers : Vi- tality is vitality , no matter what the form . They also assimilate man to the animals : Both are ...
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