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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... nature and ethics , and their possible connection , that is my deeper concern . Nature , Ethics , and Modern Science What is the relation between nature and ethics ? Can knowledge of nature , or even knowledge only of human nature ...
... nature and ethics , and their possible connection , that is my deeper concern . Nature , Ethics , and Modern Science What is the relation between nature and ethics ? Can knowledge of nature , or even knowledge only of human nature ...
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... nature and to act accordingly , and it sometimes even speaks of nature in reverent , al- most deified , terms ( " Mother Earth , " Gaia ) . Yet we are much more disinclined than our philosophical forebears to look to nature with any ...
... nature and to act accordingly , and it sometimes even speaks of nature in reverent , al- most deified , terms ( " Mother Earth , " Gaia ) . Yet we are much more disinclined than our philosophical forebears to look to nature with any ...
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... nature , or between our nature , and the larger world — that is , nature as a whole . Third , understanding human eating throws light on the relation between the nonrational and the rational in man , and between the strictly natural and ...
... nature , or between our nature , and the larger world — that is , nature as a whole . Third , understanding human eating throws light on the relation between the nonrational and the rational in man , and between the strictly natural and ...
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