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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807118803321

Autore

Telfer Elizabeth

Titolo

Food for thought : philosophy and food / / Elizabeth Telfer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

9966-9698-0-2

1-134-78452-X

1-134-78453-8

1-280-33663-3

0-203-28668-5

0-203-00230-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 recurso en lĂ­nea (132 p.)

Disciplina

100

Soggetti

Food - Philosophy

Food - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [126]-128) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Feeding the hungry -- 2. The pleasures of food -- 3. Food as art -- 4. Food duties -- 5. Hospitableness -- 6. Temperance.

Sommario/riassunto

Looking at the philosophical issues raised by food this short and accessible book questions the place food should have in our individual lives. It shows how traditional philosophy and its classic texts can illuminate an everyday subject.