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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... questions , like men lost at sea without a compass . We adhere to a science that provides us with enormous power to ... question of the nature of nature and its possible bear- ing on human affairs . Against the Stream : Beginning with ...
... questions , like men lost at sea without a compass . We adhere to a science that provides us with enormous power to ... question of the nature of nature and its possible bear- ing on human affairs . Against the Stream : Beginning with ...
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... question , and I am , quite frankly , unequal to the task . Nevertheless an attempt must be made , at least to clarify the question and to suggest the outlines of what seems to me the most reasonable answer . * We ask " What is ...
... question , and I am , quite frankly , unequal to the task . Nevertheless an attempt must be made , at least to clarify the question and to suggest the outlines of what seems to me the most reasonable answer . * We ask " What is ...
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... questions unaddressed . For example , it ignores the vexing question of the origin or coming - into - being of the forms ; for if the forms ( or species ) of living things change , as evolutionary doctrine teaches us that they do , we ...
... questions unaddressed . For example , it ignores the vexing question of the origin or coming - into - being of the forms ; for if the forms ( or species ) of living things change , as evolutionary doctrine teaches us that they do , we ...
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