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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... organism is — not only moved but moving , actor as well as acted upon , in metabolic combustion as in all other organic activities . ) But animal nourishment differs still more profoundly from ma- chine fueling . Food is , in fact ...
... organism is — not only moved but moving , actor as well as acted upon , in metabolic combustion as in all other organic activities . ) But animal nourishment differs still more profoundly from ma- chine fueling . Food is , in fact ...
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... organism . Organs are genuine and heterogeneous parts , each with useful activities crucial to the life of the organism as a whole . One organ breaks up the food , another pumps nutrient- carrying blood throughout the body , a third ...
... organism . Organs are genuine and heterogeneous parts , each with useful activities crucial to the life of the organism as a whole . One organ breaks up the food , another pumps nutrient- carrying blood throughout the body , a third ...
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... organism persists , though its materials do not . Metabolism means the continuous ex- change of stuff between inside and out , and no molecule in the or- ganism is immune to turnover . Thus the organism is never the same materially ...
... organism persists , though its materials do not . Metabolism means the continuous ex- change of stuff between inside and out , and no molecule in the or- ganism is immune to turnover . Thus the organism is never the same materially ...
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