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The Ethics of Diet / A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh Eating — Howard Williams

The Ethics of Diet / A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh Eating

Howard Williams

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 511 pages

The Ethics of Diet is a collection of essays and excerpts by Howard Williams, first published in 1883. It gathers voices from Hesiod and Pythagoras to Plutarch and Montaigne who question or condemn the eating of flesh. It offers a wide historical view of vegetarian thought and moral argument.

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Contents

  1. THE ETHICS OF DIET.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. PREFACE.
  4. I. HESIOD. EIGHTH CENTURY B.C.
  5. II. PYTHAGORAS. 570–470 B.C.
  6. III. PLATO. 428–347 B.C.
  7. IV. OVID. 43 B.C.–18 A.D.
  8. V. SENECA. DIED 65 A.D.
  9. VI. PLUTARCH. 40–120 A.D. (?)
  10. VII. TERTULLIAN. 160–240 (?) A.D.
  11. VIII. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. DIED 220 (?) A.D.
  12. IX. PORPHYRY. 233–306 (?) A.D.
  13. X. CHRYSOSTOM. 347–407 A.D.
  14. XI. CORNARO. 1465–1566.
  15. XII. SIR THOMAS MORE. 1480–1535.
  16. XIII. MONTAIGNE. 1533–1592.
  17. XIV. GASSENDI. 1592–1655.
  18. XV. RAY. 1627–1705.
  19. XVI. EVELYN. 1620–1706.
  20. XVII. BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE. 1670–1733.
  21. XVIII. GAY. 1688–1732.
  22. XIX. CHEYNE. 1671–1743.
  23. XX. POPE. 1688–1744.
  24. XXI. THOMSON. 1700–1748.
  25. XXII. HARTLEY. 1705–1757.
  26. XXIII. CHESTERFIELD. 1694–1773.
  27. XXIV. VOLTAIRE. 1694–1778.
  28. XXV. HALLER. 1708–1777.
  29. XXVI. COCCHI. 1695–1758.
  30. XXVII. ROUSSEAU. 1712–1778.

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