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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... necessity , for necessi- ty is necessary for nobility . By facing and going beyond necessity , the hospitable host elevates both it and himself . Insofar as he is just an animal , man is by nature der grosse Fresser . But in his ...
... necessity , for necessi- ty is necessary for nobility . By facing and going beyond necessity , the hospitable host elevates both it and himself . Insofar as he is just an animal , man is by nature der grosse Fresser . But in his ...
Pagina 158
... necessity . He shapes a virtue out of necessity . The animal need to eat and the animal processes of eating become material for the display and enhancement of the human form . Everything that is ours due to our animality is nevertheless ...
... necessity . He shapes a virtue out of necessity . The animal need to eat and the animal processes of eating become material for the display and enhancement of the human form . Everything that is ours due to our animality is nevertheless ...
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Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature Leon Kass. virtues of necessity . Necessity — our bodily neediness — cannot only be humanized ; meeting it knowingly and deliberately can also be hu- manizing . For those who understand both the ...
Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature Leon Kass. virtues of necessity . Necessity — our bodily neediness — cannot only be humanized ; meeting it knowingly and deliberately can also be hu- manizing . For those who understand both the ...
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