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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Opening of the book
THE ETHICS OF DIET. A Catena OF AUTHORITIES DEPRECATORY OF THE PRACTICE OF FLESH-EATING. BY HOWARD WILLIAMS, M.A. “Man by Nature was never made to be a carnivorous animal, nor is he armed at all for prey and rapine.” —Ray. “Hommes, soyez humains! c’est votre premier devoir.
Quelle sagesse y-a-t-il pour vous hors de l’humanité?” —Rousseau. “Der Mensch ist was er isst.” —German Proverb. LONDON: F. PITMAN, 20, PATERNOSTER ROW; JOHN HEYWOOL, 11, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, MANCHESTER: JOHN HEYWOOD, DEANSGATE AND RIDGEFIELD. 1883. [All Rights Reserved.]
CONTENTS. CHAP. PAGE. Preface i.–vi. I. Hesiod 1 II. Pythagoras 4 III. Plato 12 IV. Ovid 23 V. Seneca 27 VI. Plutarch 41 VII. Tertullian 51 VIII. Clement of Alexandria 56 IX. Porphyry 63 X. Chrysostom 76 XI. Cornaro 83 XII. Thomas More 90 XIII. Montaigne 94 XIV. Gassendi 100 XV. Ray 106 XVI. Evelyn 107 XVII. Mandeville 113 XVIII. Gay 115 XIX. Cheyne 120 XX. Pope 128 XXI. Thomson 134 XXII. Hartley 138
CHAP. PAGE. I. Hesiod 293 II. The Golden Verses 294 III. The Buddhist Canon 295 IV. Ovid 299 V. Musonius 303 VI. Lessio 305 VII. Cowley 308 VIII. Tryon 309 IX. Hecquet 314 X. Pope 318 XI. Chesterfield 320 XII. Jenyns 322 XIII. Pressavin 324 XIV. Schiller 326 XV. Bentham 327 XVI. Sinclair 329 XVII. Byron 331
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