Author: PorphyryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal sacrifice
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Porphyry on Abstinence from Animal Food
Author: PorphyryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal sacrifice
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Renaissance Vegetarianism
Author: Cecilia MuratoriPublisher: Italian Perspectives
ISBN: 9781781883419
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Should a philosopher be vegetarian? This question had been famously answered in the affirmative in a classic work on philosophical vegetarianism: On Abstinence from Eating Animals, written by the Neoplatonist Porphyry in the third century AD. This study traces the rekindling of interest in On Abstinence in the Renaissance. It shows that long before the term 'vegetarianism' emerged, philosophers, physicians and religious figures discussed the advantages and disadvantages of choosing a meat-free diet. As On Abstinence circulated, via editions and translations, the key questions posed by Porphyry stimulated new debates: is vegetarianism compatible with religious piety? Does a vegetable diet promote or endanger health and longevity? What can be learnt from observing the diets of other, geographically distant populations, such as the vegetarian Brahmans of India, or the cannibals in America? And finally, is it ethically justifiable to eat beings to which sentience and rationality may be attributed? Cecilia Muratori is Research Fellow at the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, Queen Mary University of London, and Tutor in Philosophy at the Institute of Continuing Education, University of Cambridge.
Select Works of Porphyry
Author: PorphyryEthical Vegetarianism
Author: Kerry S. WaltersPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791440438
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
For vegetarians seeking the historical roots of vegetarianism, for animal rights activists and the environmentally concerned, and for those questioning their consumption of meat, here's a book that provides a deep understanding of vegetarianism as more than just a dietary decision. This is the first comprehensive collection of primary source material on vegetarianism as a moral choice and includes the writings of Carol Adams, Bernard de Mandeville, Mohandas Gandhi, Oliver Goldsmith, Anna Kingsford, Frances Moore Lappé, Porphyry, Pythagoras, Tom Regan, Albert Schweitzer, Seneca, Peter Singer, Leo Tolstoy, and Richard Wagner, among others.
Porphyry on Abstinence from Animal Food
Author: Thomas TaylorPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497978850
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1876 Edition.
A Vindication of the Rights of Brutes
Author: Thomas TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Animal intelligence
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Porphyry on Abstinence from Animal Food
Author: Esme Wynne-TysonPublisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497830288
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1876 Edition.
Porphyry, the Philosopher, to His Wife, Marcella
Author: PorphyryAnimal Minds and Human Morals
Author: Richard SorabjiPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 150171788X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
"They don't have syntax, so we can eat them." According to Richard Sorabji, this conclusion attributed to the Stoic philosophers was based on Aristotle's argument that animals lack reason. In his fascinating, deeply learned book, Sorabji traces the roots of our thinking about animals back to Aristotelian and Stoic beliefs. Charting a recurrent theme in ancient philosophy of mind, he shows that today's controversies about animal rights represent only the most recent chapter in millennia-old debates. Sorabji surveys a vast range of Greek philosophical texts and considers how classical discussions of animals' capacities intersect with central questions, not only in ethics but in the definition of human rationality as well: the nature of concepts; how perceptions differ from beliefs; how memory, intention, and emotion relate to reason; and to what extent speech, skills, and inference can serve as proofs of reason. Focusing on the significance of ritual sacrifice and the eating of meat, he explores religious contexts of the treatment of animals in ancient Greece and in medieval Western Christendom. He also looks closely at the contemporary defenses of animal rights offered by Peter Singer, Tom Regan, and Mary Midgley. Animal Minds and Human Morals sheds new light on traditional arguments surrounding the status of animals while pointing beyond them to current moral dilemmas. It will be crucial reading for scholars and students in the fields of ancient philosophy, ethics, history of philosophy, classics, and medieval studies, and for everyone seriously concerned about our relationship with other species. A Townsend Lecture Book
Deep Vegetarianism
Author: Michael Allen FoxPublisher:
ISBN: 9781566397049
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
This work is a defence of a vegetarian lifestyle. Considering the major arguments for and against vegetarianism and the habits of meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans alike, the author addresses cultural, historical and philosophical background, and details the overall impact of vegetarianism.