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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... one's self and one's own and what is not one's own but other . Let us look at the customs governing eating in relation to the customs governing strangers . This may seem an odd place to begin , especially if the question is how to limit ...
... one's self and one's own and what is not one's own but other . Let us look at the customs governing eating in relation to the customs governing strangers . This may seem an odd place to begin , especially if the question is how to limit ...
Pagina 106
... one's own and the insufficiency of loving and being loved only by one's own . Hospitality springs from these common perceptions of our common elevated yet necessitous humanity ; it reflects this mutually shared and self - conscious ...
... one's own and the insufficiency of loving and being loved only by one's own . Hospitality springs from these common perceptions of our common elevated yet necessitous humanity ; it reflects this mutually shared and self - conscious ...
Pagina 108
... one's enemy , through incorporating the remains of one's beloved ancestors , to propitiating or imitating one's god . Sometimes the eaten belongs to the same social group as the eater ( so - called en- docannibalism ) ; sometimes he is ...
... one's enemy , through incorporating the remains of one's beloved ancestors , to propitiating or imitating one's god . Sometimes the eaten belongs to the same social group as the eater ( so - called en- docannibalism ) ; sometimes he is ...
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