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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... thought ; the thinker is possessed by his thoughts , always " changing his mind " as the ideas that " fill it " change . ( This , I trust , is now happening to you , in reading . ) * In seeing we open our eyes and effortlessly receive ...
... thought ; the thinker is possessed by his thoughts , always " changing his mind " as the ideas that " fill it " change . ( This , I trust , is now happening to you , in reading . ) * In seeing we open our eyes and effortlessly receive ...
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... thought the animals sufficiently similar to man to have fashioned them as his possible companions ; * and subsequent parts of the biblical story ( for example , the expulsion from the Garden ; the Noah story ) em- phasize the common ...
... thought the animals sufficiently similar to man to have fashioned them as his possible companions ; * and subsequent parts of the biblical story ( for example , the expulsion from the Garden ; the Noah story ) em- phasize the common ...
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... thought — and for a sociality found- ed on and conducive to thought - are supported also by striking differences in the mouth itself . Animal jaws , previously equipped to grasp and crush , are extensively remodeled , as are the snout ...
... thought — and for a sociality found- ed on and conducive to thought - are supported also by striking differences in the mouth itself . Animal jaws , previously equipped to grasp and crush , are extensively remodeled , as are the snout ...
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