A Vindication of Natural Diet. by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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"A Vindication of Natural Diet" by Percy Bysshe Shelley is an essay on vegetarianism published in 1813. Originally written as notes to his poem "Queen Mab," Shelley argues that eating meat is unnatural and responsible for disease and immorality. Using comparative anatomy and vivid imagery of slaughtered lambs, he contends that humans are naturally plant-eating creatures. Shelley prescribes a strict vegetarian diet and distilled water as the path to health, longevity, and
moral living, linking meat consumption to bodily corruption and social ills. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 28029294 |
| Title | A Vindication of Natural Diet. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Vindication_of_Natural_Diet |
| Credits |
Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 58.1 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| LoC Class | TX: Technology: Home economics |
| Subject | Vegetarianism |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 38727 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-38727-7 |
| Release Date | Jan 31, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 830 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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