The Ethics of Diet (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh EatingBy Howard Williams
Length21h 7m
About this audiobook
The Ethics of Diet is a learned historical anthology and moral argument tracing the dissenting tradition against flesh-eating from classical antiquity to the modern age. Subtitled a "catena of authorities," it gathers voices such as Pythagoras, Plutarch, Porphyry, Leonardo, Milton, Voltaire, and Shelley, framing vegetarianism not as eccentric novelty but as a continuous ethical current within Western thought. Williams's style is earnest, erudite, and reformist, combining documentary citation with humane commentary in the Victorian tradition of moral improvement literature. Howard Williams (1837–1931) was an English writer, humanitarian, and committed advocate of vegetarianism, shaped by nineteenth-century debates over animal suffering, public health, and social progress. His classical education and literary range enabled him to assemble a genealogy of ethical dietary thought, while his reforming sensibility led him to connect the treatment of animals with broader questions of civilization, compassion, and moral consistency. This book is recommended to readers interested in animal ethics, vegetarian history, Victorian reform movements, and the intellectual roots of modern vegan and animal-rights discourse. It remains valuable not merely as advocacy, but as a carefully curated archive of conscience.
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GenrePhilosophy
Length21 hrs 7 mins
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Publish dateDec 12, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26XXIII. CHESTERFIELD. 1694–1773.
2PREFACE.
27XXIV. VOLTAIRE. 1694–1778.
3I. HESIOD. E IGHTH C ENTURY B.C.
28XXV. HALLER. 1708–1777.
4II. PYTHAGORAS. 570–470 B.C.
29XXVI. COCCHI. 1695–1758.
5III. PLATO. 428–347 B.C.
30XXVII. ROUSSEAU. 1712–1778.
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6IV. OVID. 43 B.C.–18 A.D.
31XXVIII. LINNÉ. 1707–1778.
7V. SENECA. D IED 65 A.D.
32XXIX. BUFFON. 1707–1788.
8VI. PLUTARCH. 40–120 A.D. (?)
33XXX. HAWKESWORTH. 1715–1773.
9PLUTARCH—ESSAY ON FLESH-EATING.
34XXXI. PALEY. 1743–1805.
10VII. TERTULLIAN. 160–240 (?) A.D.
35XXXII. ST. PIERRE. 1737–1814.
11VIII. CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA. D IED 220 (?) A.D.
36XXXIII. OSWALD. 1730–1793.
12IX. PORPHYRY. 233–306 (?) A.D.
37XXXIV. HUFELAND. 1762–1836.
13X. CHRYSOSTOM. 347–407 A.D.
38XXXV. RITSON. 1761–1830.
14XI. CORNARO. 1465–1566.
39XXXVI. NICHOLSON. 1760–1825.
15XII. SIR THOMAS MORE. 1480–1535.
40XXXVII. ABERNETHY. 1763–1831.
16XIII. MONTAIGNE. 1533–1592.
41XXXVIII. LAMBE. 1765–1847.
17XIV. GASSENDI. 1592–1655.
42XXXIX. NEWTON. 1770–1825.
18XV. RAY. 1627–1705.
43XL. GLEÏZÈS. 1773–1843.
19XVI. EVELYN. 1620–1706.
44XLI. SHELLEY. 1792–1822.
20XVII. BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE. 1670–1733.
45XLII. PHILLIPS. 1767–1840.
21XVIII. GAY. 1688–1732.
46XLIII. LAMARTINE. 1790–1869.
22XIX. CHEYNE. 1671–1743.
47XLIV. MICHELET. 1797–1874.
23XX. POPE. 1688–1744.
48XLV. COWHERD. 1763–1816.
24XXI. THOMSON. 1700–1748.
49XLVI. METCALFE. 1788–1862.
25XXII. HARTLEY. 1705–1757.
50XLVII. GRAHAM. 1794–1851.
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