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