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The origin and development of the moral ideas

RESTRICTIONS IN DIET (concluded)

Project Gutenberg EPUB3 edition Westermarck, Edward
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Certain kinds of food forbidden to certain classes of persons, pp. 319–324.—To young persons, p. 319 sq.—To women, p. 320 sq.—To men, p. 321 sq.—To priests or magicians, p. 322.—Restrictions in diet connected with totemism, p. 323 sq.—Abstinence from animals which excite disgust by their appearance, p. 324 sq.—From reptiles, p. 324.—From fish, p. 324 sq.—From fowl, p. 325.—From eggs, p. 325 sq.—From milk, ibid.—From animals which are regarded with disgust on account of their filthy habits or the nasty food on which they live, pp. 326–328.—From pork, ibid.—From foreign animals, p. 327.—From animals which are supposed to be metamorphosed ancestors or which resemble men, p. 328 sq.—From animals which excite sympathy, pp. 329–331.—From beef, p. 330 sq.—Restrictions in diet due to the disinclination to kill certain animals for food or, generally, to reduce the supply of a certain kind of victuals, pp. 330–332.—Abstinence from domestic animals which are regarded as sacred, p. 331 sq.—From food which is believed to injure him who partakes of it, pp. 332–334.—The sources to which the general avoidance of certain kinds of food may be traced, p. 334 sq.—The moral disapproval of eating certain kinds of food, p. 335.
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The moral prohibition sanctioned by religion, ibid.—Vegetarianism, pp. 335–338.—Among many peoples drunkenness so common that it can hardly be looked upon as a vice, pp. 338–341.—Sobriety or total abstinence from intoxicating liquors insisted upon by Eastern religions, p. 341 sq.—Explanation of the moral ideas concerning drunkenness and the use of alcoholic drink, pp. 342–345.—Wine or spirituous liquor inspires mysterious fear, p. 344 sq.—The Muhammedan prohibition of wine, p. 345.

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The origin and development of the moral ideas, Project Gutenberg eBook #52106

RESTRICTIONS IN DIET CLEANLINESS AND UNCLEANLINESS—ASCETICISM IN GENERAL