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Depiction of Porphyry from the Tree of Jesse at the Sucevița Monastery, 1535. On Abstinence from Eating Animals [a] (Koinē Greek: Περὶ ἀποχῆς ἐμψύχων, romanized: Peri apochēs empsychōn, Latin: De abstinentia ab esu animalium) is a 3rd-century treatise by Porphyry on the ethics of vegetarianism.
The book became a best seller. [8] By 1935 it was estimated to have sold 55,000 copies in Australia and 25,000 in England. [9] Thwaites wrote a sequel, The Melody Lingers (1935). By 1968 it had been reprinted 54 times and was estimated to have sold over a million copies. [6]
Examples are the satiric mode, the ironic, the comic, the pastoral, and the didactic. [ 2 ] Frederick Crews uses the term to mean a type of essay and categorizes essays as falling into four types, corresponding to four basic functions of prose: narration , or telling; description , or picturing; exposition , or explaining; and argument , or ...
In the Dec. 4 episode of Hoda Kotb’s podcast, “Making Space,” Scott explained how she's seen the value of prioritizing personal relationships while building her billion dollar namesake ...
Three Hundred Rāmāyaṇas: Five Examples and Three Thoughts on Translation" is an essay written by Indian writer A. K. Ramanujan for a Conference on Comparison of Civilizations at the University of Pittsburgh, February 1987. The essay was a required reading on Delhi University's syllabus for history undergraduates from 2006–7 onward. On ...
Summary: Lacey Chabert stars as Kathy, a grieving widow who accidentally brings a snowman to life with a magic scarf.When she takes the responsibility of looking after the living snowman (Dustin ...
Rabbits are the seventh most popular pet in the U.S. Whether you own a bunny or want to, you may wonder how long it'll live. Here's a timeline.
The Scotsman of 17 March 1927 said, "The activities of Poirot himself cannot be taken seriously, as one takes, for example, Sherlock Holmes. The book, indeed, reads more like an exaggerated parody of popular detective fiction than a serious essay in the type. But it certainly provides plenty of fun for the reader who is prepared to be amused.