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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Pagina 93
... seems , conduce equally to his improvement or perfection . Some laws and customs seem to en- courage virtue , others vice - in regard to eating no less than other matters . How to think about better and worse customs ? Here we again ...
... seems , conduce equally to his improvement or perfection . Some laws and customs seem to en- courage virtue , others vice - in regard to eating no less than other matters . How to think about better and worse customs ? Here we again ...
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... seems to come along with the appetite to eat them . To be sure , taming the spirited element in some human beings may lead them eventually back to a philosophically based ( a perhaps more - than - human ) vegetarianism , but meat ...
... seems to come along with the appetite to eat them . To be sure , taming the spirited element in some human beings may lead them eventually back to a philosophically based ( a perhaps more - than - human ) vegetarianism , but meat ...
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... seems effortless , all solicitude seems easy , all service seems free . Like the prima ballerina and her partner , hostess and host move everyone around them into a delicate and uplifting dance . The Greeks would see on such occasions ...
... seems effortless , all solicitude seems easy , all service seems free . Like the prima ballerina and her partner , hostess and host move everyone around them into a delicate and uplifting dance . The Greeks would see on such occasions ...
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