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Sins of the Flesh
A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought
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Preece, Rod, - Sins of the flesh : a history of ethical vegetarian thought / Rod Preece.
Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN ----
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For my fellows on the path Preece Full Text:0Tovell full text.qxd 8/25/2008 7:28 AM Page vi Preece Full Text:0Tovell full text.qxd 8/25/2008 7:28 AM Page vii
The sinful lusts of the flesh. – The Catechism, in The Book of Common Prayer ()
For they that are after the flesh [of animals] do mind the things of the flesh. – Tertullian (c. -)
... the lust of the belly. – St. Basil of Caesarea (-)
... that humour that lusteth after flesh and blood. – Roger Crab ()
... ’tis no easy task to preach to the Belly that has no ears. – Alexander Pope, paraphrasing Cato ()
... blood lusts ... brutalize the person and harden the instincts of the heart. – Alphonse de Lamartine () Preece Full Text:0Tovell full text.qxd 8/25/2008 7:28 AM Page viii Preece Full Text:0Tovell full text.qxd 8/25/2008 7:28 AM Page ix
Contents
Acknowledgments / xi Introduction Bill of Fare to the Feast: The Whats and Whys of Vegetarianism /
The Human in Prehistory / Eastern Religions and Practice / Pythagoreanism / Greek Philosophy and Roman Imperium / Judaism and the Earlier Christian Heritage / Bogomils, Cathars, and the Later Medieval Mind / The Humanism of the Renaissance / The