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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instanceOf ancient Greek philosophical work
philosophical treatise
aim to persuade readers to abstain from animal food
argumentType ethical arguments against eating animals
metaphysical arguments about the kinship of souls
religious arguments against animal sacrifice
associatedPhilosopher Porphyry of Tyre
linked to: Porphyry
author Porphyry
centuryOfComposition 3rd century
circulation read in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
culturalContext Late Antique philosophy
ethicalStance condemnation of animal sacrifice
condemnation of killing animals for food
genre ethical treatise
metaphysical treatise
religious treatise
hasTitleVariant De Abstinentia
On Abstinence
On Abstinence from Animal Food and Animal Sacrifice
On Abstinence from Animal Food and Killing Animals
On Abstinence from Killing Animals
historicalPeriod Roman Empire
influenced later Western vegetarian thought
modern animal ethics discussions
influencedBy Platonism
Pythagoreanism
earlier vegetarian traditions in Greek philosophy
literaryForm prose treatise
mainTopic ethics
metaphysics
religion
vegetarianism
metaphysicalStance kinship between human and animal souls
modernReception studied in animal ethics scholarship
studied in history of vegetarianism
originalLanguage Ancient Greek
philosophicalPosition critique of traditional sacrificial religion
defense of non-violence toward animals
philosophicalSchool Neoplatonism
philosophicalTheme justice toward animals
purification of the soul
relation between humans, gods, and animals
soul and reincarnation
positionHeld advocacy of vegetarianism
relatedWorkOfAuthor Isagoge
Life of Plotinus
religiousStance purity of the soul through abstinence from animal food
workIn ancient Greek philosophy

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Porphyry notableWork On Abstinence from Animal Food
Πορφύριος notableWork On Abstinence from Animal Food
On Abstinence from Animal Food hasTitleVariant On Abstinence from Animal Food and Killing Animals
linked to: On Abstinence from Animal Food
On Abstinence from Animal Food hasTitleVariant On Abstinence from Animal Food and Animal Sacrifice
linked to: On Abstinence from Animal Food
On Abstinence from Animal Food hasTitleVariant On Abstinence from Killing Animals
linked to: On Abstinence from Animal Food