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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Pagina 75
... mouth itself . Animal jaws , previously equipped to grasp and crush , are extensively remodeled , as are the snout , teeth , tongue , and muscles of the face . The human mouth — still the organ of ingestion , taste , and mastication ...
... mouth itself . Animal jaws , previously equipped to grasp and crush , are extensively remodeled , as are the snout , teeth , tongue , and muscles of the face . The human mouth — still the organ of ingestion , taste , and mastication ...
Pagina 81
... mouth's floor , sweeping in a circle to clean food from between teeth and cheeks , simultaneously protruding and ... mouth , bespeaks all aspects of our rational animality . * The tongue and mouth need not have acquired all these func ...
... mouth's floor , sweeping in a circle to clean food from between teeth and cheeks , simultaneously protruding and ... mouth , bespeaks all aspects of our rational animality . * The tongue and mouth need not have acquired all these func ...
Pagina 142
... mouth from the need to apprehend and grasp its fodder , is now enhanced by customs that moderate and partly dis- guise the need even for human hands to dirty themselves with the low business of serving ingestion . Human hands are not ...
... mouth from the need to apprehend and grasp its fodder , is now enhanced by customs that moderate and partly dis- guise the need even for human hands to dirty themselves with the low business of serving ingestion . Human hands are not ...
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