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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... moral predicament as I then understood it : the absence of any account of human life that could ground and sustain the moral outlooks and norms necessary for living in a world massively transformed by sci- ence and technology . Over the ...
... moral predicament as I then understood it : the absence of any account of human life that could ground and sustain the moral outlooks and norms necessary for living in a world massively transformed by sci- ence and technology . Over the ...
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... moral appetite and by a philosophical menu devised to satisfy it . The topics I have chosen to treat and the sources I have selected have been guided throughout by the singular argument I am advancing regarding the moral pointings of ...
... moral appetite and by a philosophical menu devised to satisfy it . The topics I have chosen to treat and the sources I have selected have been guided throughout by the singular argument I am advancing regarding the moral pointings of ...
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... moral virtues displayed in ordinary social or civic life , he places liberality at their head . * The Greek word eleutheriotes , translated " liberality , " means , to begin with , the character becoming a free man as opposed to a slave ...
... moral virtues displayed in ordinary social or civic life , he places liberality at their head . * The Greek word eleutheriotes , translated " liberality , " means , to begin with , the character becoming a free man as opposed to a slave ...
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