Vegetarianism
Vegetarianism
The Philosophy of Vegetarianism by Daniel A. Dombrowski, traces the progress of this 'alternative lifestyle choice' from its very beginnings, when mankind were hunter-gatherers...and were probably more successful at gathering than hunting. He traces vegetarian thought through ancient Greece, which, he says, is where vegetarianism became a philosophy espoused by no less Pythagoras, Empedocles, Theophrastus, Plutarch, Plotinus, Porphyry, and perhaps even Plato. Vegetarianism after that had its own Dark Ages of about 1,700 years, becoming popular again with some late 19th and early 20th century radicals (George Bernard Shaw) until it became a quite ordinary-and not ...
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a lot of time-most of the book-investigating the effects of vegetarianism on cardiovascular disease, and the engage in a certain amount of 'scare tactics, trying to convince the reader that eating meat contributes to cancer of the colon, breast, cervix, uterus, ovaries, and prostate. Additionally, they address the issues of the difficulty of being a vegetarian in a carnivorous society, and suggest ways to cope with the practical and societal impediments. This book is aimed primarily at the super-health audience.
The third book is Dead Meat by Sue Coe. Both author and book have short, staccato names...and it is fitting, because this chronicle of the horrors and excesses of meatpacking companies is designed to turn stomachs, and to create revulsion, as well as vegetarians. It is not pleasant reading. It is hard to imagine that extensive descriptions of the activity in slaughterhouses could be. However, as a polemic to turn people to her way of thinking, it would work ...
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