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No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written permission of the publisher, or, in Canada, in the case of photocopying or other reprographic copying, a licence from Access Copyright (Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency), [www.accesscopyright.ca](www.accesscopyright.ca).  \n􀀌􀀍 􀀌􀀎 􀀌􀀏 􀀌􀀐 􀀌􀀉 􀀌􀀌 􀀌􀀊 􀀊􀀑 􀀊􀀋 􀀎 􀀏 􀀐 􀀉 􀀌  \nPrinted in Canada with vegetable-based inks on ancient-forest-free paper (􀀌􀀊􀀊% post-consumer recycled) that is processed chlorine-and acid-free.  \nLibrary and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nPreece, Rod, 􀀌􀀑􀀐􀀑 -  \nSins ofthe flesh : a history of ethical vegetarian thought / Rod Preece.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 􀀑􀀓􀀋-􀀊-􀀓􀀓􀀏􀀋-􀀌􀀎􀀊􀀑-􀀐  \n􀀌 . Vegetarianism–Moral and ethical aspects–History. 􀀉 . Vegetarianism–History.  \nI. Title.  \nTX􀀐􀀑􀀉 .P􀀓􀀏 􀀉􀀊􀀊􀀋 􀀌􀀓􀀑′.􀀐 C􀀉􀀊􀀊􀀋-􀀑􀀊􀀉􀀋􀀐􀀎-X  \nUBC Press gratefully acknowledges the financial support for our publishing program of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program (BPIDP), and of the Canada Council for the Arts, and the British Columbia Arts Council.  \nThis book has been published with the help of a grant from the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences, through the Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, using funds provided by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.  \nUBC Press  \nThe University of British Columbia 􀀉􀀊􀀉􀀑 West Mall  \nVancouver, BC V􀀍T 􀀌Z􀀉􀀍􀀊􀀏-􀀋􀀉􀀉-􀀎􀀑􀀎􀀑 / Fax: 􀀍􀀊􀀏-􀀋􀀉􀀉-􀀍􀀊􀀋􀀐  \n[www.ubcpress.ca](www.ubcpress.ca)  \nFor my fellows on the path  \nPreece  \nFull  \nText:0Tovell  \nfull  \ntext.qxd  \n8/25/2008  \n7:28  \nAM  \nPage  \nvii  \nThe sinful lusts ofthe flesh.  \n– The Catechism, in The Book of Common Prayer (􀀌􀀎􀀏􀀑)  \nFor they that are after the flesh [of animals] do mind the things of the flesh.  \n– Tertullian (c. 􀀌􀀍􀀊-􀀉􀀉􀀊)  \n... the lust of the belly.  \n– St. Basil of Caesarea (􀀐􀀉􀀑-􀀐􀀓􀀑)  \n... that humour that lusteth after flesh and blood.  \n– Roger Crab (􀀌􀀍􀀎􀀎)  \n... ’tis no easy task to preach to the Belly that has no ears.  \n– Alexander Pope, paraphrasing Cato (􀀌􀀓􀀌􀀐)  \n... blood lusts ... brutalize the person and harden the instincts ofthe heart.  \n– Alphonse de Lamartine (􀀌􀀋􀀏􀀋)  \nPreece  \nFull  \nText:0Tovell  \nfull  \ntext.qxd  \n8/25/2008  \n7:28  \nAM  \nPage  \nix  \nContents  \nAcknowledgments / xi  \nIntroduction Bill ofFare to the Feast: The Whats and Whys of Vegetarianism / 􀀌  \n􀀌 The Human in Prehistory / 􀀉􀀏  \n􀀉 Eastern Religions and Practice / 􀀎􀀏  \n􀀐 Pythagoreanism / 􀀓􀀍  \n􀀏 Greek Philosophy and Roman Imperium / 􀀑􀀏  \n􀀎 Judaism and the Earlier Christian Heritage / 􀀌􀀌􀀓  \n􀀍 Bogomils, Cathars, and the Later Medieval Mind / 􀀌􀀐􀀍  \n􀀓 The Humanism of the Renaissance / 􀀌􀀏􀀍  \n􀀋 The Cartesians and Their Adversaries in the Seventeenth and  \nEighteenth Centuries: / 􀀌􀀎􀀋  \n􀀑 Preaching without Practising: From Mandeville and Pope to  \nGoldsmith and Wagner / 􀀌􀀋􀀋  \n􀀌􀀊 Militant Advocates: From Oswald and Ritson to Shelley, Phillips,  \nand Gompertz / 􀀉􀀐􀀉  \n􀀌􀀌 The Victorians, the Edwardians, and the Founding of the  \nVegetarian Society / 􀀉􀀍􀀓  \n􀀌􀀉 Vegetarians and Vegans in the Twentieth Century / 􀀉􀀑􀀊  \nPreece  \nFull  \nText:0Tovell  \nfull  \ntext.qxd  \n8/25/2008  \n7:28  \nAM  \nPage  \nx  \n􀀌􀀐 Vegetarianism in North America / 􀀐􀀊􀀋 Postscript Prospects / 􀀐􀀐􀀐  \nNotes / 􀀐􀀐􀀑  \nSelected Bibliography / 􀀐􀀓􀀐 Index / 􀀐􀀋􀀎","cbCaikiuRSSyJjVX","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikiuRSSyJjVX","pdf",309099,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments / xi\n## Introduction Bill ofFare to the Feast: The Whats and Whys of Vegetarianism / 1\n## The Human in Prehistory / 9\n## Eastern Religions and Practice / 27\n## Pythagoreanism / 33\n## Greek Philosophy and Roman Imperium / 47\n## Judaism and the Earlier Christian Heritage / 63\n## Bogomils, Cathars, and the Later Medieval Mind / 101\n## The Humanism of the Renaissance / 114\n## The Cartesians and Their Adversaries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries / 125\n## Preaching without Practising: From Mandeville and Pope to Goldsmith and Wagner / 133\n## Militant Advocates: From Oswald and Ritson to Shelley, Phillips, and Gompertz / 197\n## The Victorians, the Edwardians, and the Founding of the Vegetarian Society / 211\n## Vegetarians and Vegans in the Twentieth Century / 219\n## Vegetarianism in North America / 231\n## Postscript Prospects / 240\n## Notes / 245\n## Selected Bibliography / 285\n## Index / 291","[{\"question\":\"What is the central focus of Sins of the Flesh?\",\"answer\":\"It presents a historical account of ethical vegetarian thought and how moral arguments for vegetarianism developed across religions and philosophies.\"},{\"question\":\"Which traditions and historical periods are covered in the book?\",\"answer\":\"The contents trace topics from prehistory and Eastern religions through Greek, Roman, Jewish, and medieval influences, then onward to Renaissance, early modern debates, and later Victorian and twentieth-century movements.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book connect ethical vegetarianism with later developments like the Vegetarian Society and modern veganism?\",\"answer\":\"It links earlier moral and philosophical groundwork to organized advocacy, including the founding of the Vegetarian Society and the emergence of vegetarians and vegans in the twentieth century, with emphasis on North America.\"}]","Sins of the Flesh - A History of Ethical Vegetarian Thought | PDF",1791329311,108]