The Heretic's Feast: A History of Vegetarianism

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UPNE, 1996 - 402 pagina's
In this fascinating and informative story of vegetarianism since pre-historic times, Colin Spencer describes its religious, philosophical, and social aspects, introducing such prominent and often colorful believers as Pythagoras, Ovid, Leonardo, Sir Thomas More, Shelley, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Tolstoy, Shaw, Gandhi, and Hitler. Gracefully written and meticulously researched, the book presents not only a surprising slice through world history but also an unusual story of dissidence and revolt.

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In the Beginning
1
Toolmakers and Hunters
30
The Pythagorean Enigma Empedocles The Pythagoreans
68
Plato to Porphyry
87
Early Christianity
108
Gnostic Sects and the Manicheans
130
The Renaissance
180
The Clockwork Universe
201
The Rise of Humanism
223
Docks and Dandelions
252
Sunlight and Sandals
295
Sentient or Machine?
319
Afterword
344
The Rise of the Vegetarian Cookery Book
358
A Select Bibliography
384
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