| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 172 pages) |
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1. The eatingest epic -- Supper in the Odyssey -- .A good meal as an affirmation of transience -- Helen's opiate -- The vital importance of stories -- TheOdyssey as a story about a storyteller -- Identity and names -- Recognitions -- The shades in Hades -- Justice in the Odyssey -- The Odyssey as an affirmation of life |
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2. Dionysus -- Euripides' Bacchae -- The Dionysian journey of Lawrence Osborne -- William James as a Dionysian -- Nietzsche's The birth of tragedy |
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3. Socrates -- The Symposium -- Socrates' metaphorical feast -- REcollection in Plato's Phaedo -- Christianity : spiritual nourishment -- Homer's nightmare : soylent |
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4. Aristotle -- The four issues of this book -- Aristotle as zoologist -- Form as species -- Aristotle as Apollinian -- The nutritive Psuchê -- The perceptive Psuchê -- The generation of animals -- Aristotle's intellect -- Is the Psuchê immortal? -- What is knowing? -- The fractured Psuchê |
| Summary |
What role does food play in the shaping of humanity? Is sharing a good meal with friends and family an experience of life at its best, or is food merely a burdensome necessity? David Roochnik explores these questions by discussing classical works of Greek literature and philosophy in which food and drink play an important role. With thoughts on Homer's The Odyssey, Euripides' Bacchae, Plato's philosopher kings and Dionysian intoxication, Roochnik shows how foregrounding food in philosophy can open up new ways of understanding these thinkers and their approaches to the purpose and meaning of life. The book features philosophical explanation interspersed with reflections from the author on cooking, eating, drinking and sharing meals, making it important reading for students of philosophy, classical studies, and food studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Food -- Philosophy
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Food in literature.
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Philosophy, Ancient.
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Food habits -- Greece -- History
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Drinking customs -- Greece -- History
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Food & society.
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Drinking customs
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Food habits
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Food in literature
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Food -- Philosophy
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Manners and customs
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Philosophy, Ancient
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| SUBJECT |
Greece -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85057131
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| Subject |
Greece
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781350120792 |
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1350120790 |
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9781350120785 |
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1350120782 |
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9781350120808 |
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1350120804 |
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