On Abstinence from Animal Food
De Abstinentia ab Esu Animalium
Latin
1547
217 pages
Classical PhilosophyRenaissance PhilosophyMysticismShwepNeoplatonismPsychologyFaculty Psychology De Anima
First from Latin
English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.
Porphyry's 'De Abstinentia ab Esu Animalium' was originally written in Greek. While there are well-known English translations of the Greek original (such as those by Thomas Taylor and Gillian Clark), the 1547 edition in question is a Latin translation by Ioannes Bernardus Felicianus. No evidence was found of an English translation specifically of this Latin version. Therefore, this is a 'first_from_source' case where English translations exist for the original Greek, but not for this specific Latin text.
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neoplatonismphilosophypythagoreanismethicsdietvegetarianism
Centuries before the modern animal rights movement, Porphyry challenged the ancient world to recognize the spiritual cost of the slaughterhouse. This 3rd-century masterpiece argues that vegetarianism is not merely a diet, but a necessary discipline for anyone seeking to purify the soul and achieve divine likeness.
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