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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... motion or change . Yet there are a variety of answers to the question “ why this motion ? ” . What , for example , is responsible for your present activity of reading ? Among others , the physical existence of the book , the ...
... motion or change . Yet there are a variety of answers to the question “ why this motion ? ” . What , for example , is responsible for your present activity of reading ? Among others , the physical existence of the book , the ...
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... motion . In the Newtonian world of inert matter in motion , the true cause would be the force that pushed or pulled from the outside , overcoming inertia to produce a change . Yet it proved easier to describe and quantify these changes ...
... motion . In the Newtonian world of inert matter in motion , the true cause would be the force that pushed or pulled from the outside , overcoming inertia to produce a change . Yet it proved easier to describe and quantify these changes ...
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... motion . Those which possess local motion either lack life , the heavenly bodies ; or they possess life . The living be- ings are either non - terrestrial , water animals and birds , or they are ter- restrial . The terrestrial living ...
... motion . Those which possess local motion either lack life , the heavenly bodies ; or they possess life . The living be- ings are either non - terrestrial , water animals and birds , or they are ter- restrial . The terrestrial living ...
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