The Hungry Soul: Eating and the Perfecting of Our NatureWhat 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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Eating something means transforming it , chemically as well as physically . Eating
comprises the appropriation , incorporation , and de - formation of a complex
other , and its homogenization into simples , in preparation for their
transformation ...
Eating something means transforming it , chemically as well as physically . Eating
comprises the appropriation , incorporation , and de - formation of a complex
other , and its homogenization into simples , in preparation for their
transformation ...
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The Three Great Powers of Organic Form The need for outside material means
that organisms must be capable of reaching out to obtain it — to find , appropriate
, and transform it . They must be able to act in and on the world . In mammals the
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The Three Great Powers of Organic Form The need for outside material means
that organisms must be capable of reaching out to obtain it — to find , appropriate
, and transform it . They must be able to act in and on the world . In mammals the
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Biological transformation of the world presupposes information about the world ;
powers to alter the outside world necessarily coincide with powers to perceive it ,
and both are born with life itself . Needless to say there is enormous structural ...
Biological transformation of the world presupposes information about the world ;
powers to alter the outside world necessarily coincide with powers to perceive it ,
and both are born with life itself . Needless to say there is enormous structural ...
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THE HUNGRY SOUL: Eating and the Perfecting of Our Nature
Comentariu Utilizator - KirkusDoctor-turned-teacher Kass (Committee on Social Thought/Univ. of Chicago) serves up a stimulating treatise on the anthropology and ethics of eating. In the tradition of ancient philosophers of the ... Citiți recenzia completă
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able action activity animals appetite awareness become begin body bread called cause Chapter civilized common conversation course cultural customs desire dietary dining dinner direction distinction drink earth eating especially ethical example existence experience expression eyes face fact feed feel freedom fruit function give given guests hand higher holy hospitality host human implies important kind laws least less liberality living look man's manners material matter meal means meat mind moral motion mouth move nature necessity nourishing object one's organism original ourselves pleasures possible posture powers practice prepared present principle provides question rational reason recognize regarding relation rules seek seems sense separation served share sight social soul speak speech standing story strangers taste things thought tion tongue transformation true turn understanding University upright virtue whole