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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... true wholes can have true parts . Not every larger entity , comprising subunits , is a whole . Everything depends on how the subunits and the larger unit are related , and on the kind of being each is and has . The crucial distinction ...
... true wholes can have true parts . Not every larger entity , comprising subunits , is a whole . Everything depends on how the subunits and the larger unit are related , and on the kind of being each is and has . The crucial distinction ...
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... true communicator will take the trouble to find out your name and to insert it into his recital often , the way creators of form letters are now able to do through the wonders of technology . A form question will ap- pear now and again ...
... true communicator will take the trouble to find out your name and to insert it into his recital often , the way creators of form letters are now able to do through the wonders of technology . A form question will ap- pear now and again ...
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... true . More- over , from the point of view of the tradition whose laws these are , it is a questionable practice to raise questions about the why of the dietary laws . The first and also the last thing to be said about them is that they ...
... true . More- over , from the point of view of the tradition whose laws these are , it is a questionable practice to raise questions about the why of the dietary laws . The first and also the last thing to be said about them is that they ...
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