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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... rules that we unconsciously practice , each of which had to be learned . We are probably equally un- aware of just how long it took the human race to articulate and institute these manners of civility . A quick corrective for our ...
... rules that we unconsciously practice , each of which had to be learned . We are probably equally un- aware of just how long it took the human race to articulate and institute these manners of civility . A quick corrective for our ...
Pagina 146
... rules the mouth , and the table becomes no different from a trough . It is shared speech , even more than the shared food , that makes a community of diners . Bread can be shared only partially : Each per- son's share is not shared with ...
... rules the mouth , and the table becomes no different from a trough . It is shared speech , even more than the shared food , that makes a community of diners . Bread can be shared only partially : Each per- son's share is not shared with ...
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... rules we have so far surveyed . True , part of the purpose of at least some of the rules is good health . One might choke if one speaks or drinks while chewing food . One can scald one's esophagus by hastily gulping hot food . But we ...
... rules we have so far surveyed . True , part of the purpose of at least some of the rules is good health . One might choke if one speaks or drinks while chewing food . One can scald one's esophagus by hastily gulping hot food . But we ...
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