On Abstinence from Animal Food
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On Abstinence from Animal Food is a philosophical treatise by the Neoplatonist Porphyry that argues for vegetarianism on ethical, religious, and metaphysical grounds.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: On Abstinence from Animal Food Context triple: [Porphyry, notableWork, On Abstinence from Animal Food]
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Scepticism and Animal Faith
Scepticism and Animal Faith is a 1923 philosophical work by George Santayana that explores the limits of human knowledge and defends a pragmatic reliance on instinctive belief in everyday life.
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Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Famine, Affluence, and Morality is a highly influential 1972 essay by philosopher Peter Singer that argues affluent individuals have a strong moral obligation to prevent suffering and death from poverty when they can do so at relatively little cost to themselves.
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C.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation is a groundbreaking philosophical book by Peter Singer that helped launch the modern animal rights movement by arguing against speciesism and the moral permissibility of animal suffering.
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Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism
"Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism" is a philosophical work by Paul Kurtz that articulates and defends a secular, human-centered ethical framework independent of religious doctrine.
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E.
On the Basis of Morality
On the Basis of Morality is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer in which he argues that genuine ethics is grounded in compassion rather than rational duty or self-interest.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: On Abstinence from Animal Food Target entity description: On Abstinence from Animal Food is a philosophical treatise by the Neoplatonist Porphyry that argues for vegetarianism on ethical, religious, and metaphysical grounds.
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A.
Scepticism and Animal Faith
Scepticism and Animal Faith is a 1923 philosophical work by George Santayana that explores the limits of human knowledge and defends a pragmatic reliance on instinctive belief in everyday life.
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B.
Famine, Affluence, and Morality
Famine, Affluence, and Morality is a highly influential 1972 essay by philosopher Peter Singer that argues affluent individuals have a strong moral obligation to prevent suffering and death from poverty when they can do so at relatively little cost to themselves.
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C.
Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation is a groundbreaking philosophical book by Peter Singer that helped launch the modern animal rights movement by arguing against speciesism and the moral permissibility of animal suffering.
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D.
Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism
"Forbidden Fruit: The Ethics of Humanism" is a philosophical work by Paul Kurtz that articulates and defends a secular, human-centered ethical framework independent of religious doctrine.
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E.
On the Basis of Morality
On the Basis of Morality is a philosophical treatise by Arthur Schopenhauer in which he argues that genuine ethics is grounded in compassion rather than rational duty or self-interest.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
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| instanceOf |
ancient Greek philosophical work
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philosophical treatise ⓘ |
| aim | to persuade readers to abstain from animal food ⓘ |
| argumentType |
ethical arguments against eating animals
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metaphysical arguments about the kinship of souls ⓘ religious arguments against animal sacrifice ⓘ |
| associatedPhilosopher | Porphyry of Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Porphyry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 3rd century ⓘ |
| circulation | read in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Late Antique philosophy ⓘ |
| ethicalStance |
condemnation of animal sacrifice
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condemnation of killing animals for food ⓘ |
| genre |
ethical treatise
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metaphysical treatise ⓘ religious treatise ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
De Abstinentia
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On Abstinence NERFINISHED ⓘ On Abstinence from Animal Food and Animal Sacrifice NERFINISHED ⓘ On Abstinence from Animal Food and Killing Animals NERFINISHED ⓘ On Abstinence from Killing Animals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Roman Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Western vegetarian thought
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modern animal ethics discussions ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Platonism
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Pythagoreanism NERFINISHED ⓘ earlier vegetarian traditions in Greek philosophy ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose treatise ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
ethics
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metaphysics ⓘ religion ⓘ vegetarianism ⓘ |
| metaphysicalStance | kinship between human and animal souls ⓘ |
| modernReception |
studied in animal ethics scholarship
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studied in history of vegetarianism ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| philosophicalPosition |
critique of traditional sacrificial religion
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defense of non-violence toward animals ⓘ |
| philosophicalSchool | Neoplatonism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| philosophicalTheme |
justice toward animals
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purification of the soul ⓘ relation between humans, gods, and animals ⓘ soul and reincarnation ⓘ |
| positionHeld | advocacy of vegetarianism ⓘ |
| relatedWorkOfAuthor |
Isagoge
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Life of Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousStance | purity of the soul through abstinence from animal food ⓘ |
| workIn | ancient Greek philosophy ⓘ |
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