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Renaissance Vegetarianism: The Philosophical Afterlives of Porphyry's On Abstinence.

  • Published In: Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie, 2023, v. 105, n. 1. P. 189 1 of 3

  • Database: Humanities Source Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Adamson, Peter 3 of 3

Abstract

But Girolamo Manfredi made the unarguable point that as far as this criterion goes, the most apt nourishment should be the meat of other humans - which was not a merely theoretical possibility, given the reports of cannibalism in the just contacted Americas. Muratori, Cecilia Renaissance Vegetarianism: The Philosophical Afterlives of Porphyry's On Abstinence Cambridge Legenda 2020 1 276 We commonly think of the European Renaissance as a time of recovery for classical texts. But if Aristotle rated plants too highly, then in Valla's view he rated animals too low. [Extracted from the article]

Additional Information

  • Source:Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie. 2023/03, Vol. 105, Issue 1, p189
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Biography
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:00039101
  • DOI:10.1515/agph-2023-0003
  • Accession Number:163143463
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