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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... possible genuine communica- tion of mood or emotion from one formed being to another . Form can thus be a conveyer of meaning , including some aspects of what it might mean to be this particular formed being . * * From a philosophical ...
... possible genuine communica- tion of mood or emotion from one formed being to another . Form can thus be a conveyer of meaning , including some aspects of what it might mean to be this particular formed being . * * From a philosophical ...
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... possible . For the human meal is an intimate gathering . Though we sit at table face to face and are , in a sense , on view to others , we neither feel nor act the way we do in public . In the public sphere , we perform a specified role ...
... possible . For the human meal is an intimate gathering . Though we sit at table face to face and are , in a sense , on view to others , we neither feel nor act the way we do in public . In the public sphere , we perform a specified role ...
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... possible or likely preferences , but they have an entire party to orchestrate , and it cannot be harmonious if one or two players alone get preferential treatment . Besides , because their knowledge of all the guests is like- ly to ...
... possible or likely preferences , but they have an entire party to orchestrate , and it cannot be harmonious if one or two players alone get preferential treatment . Besides , because their knowledge of all the guests is like- ly to ...
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