On Abstinence from Animal Food

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ancient Greek philosophical work philosophical treatise

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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On Abstinence from Animal Food canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
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 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 ⓘ condemnation of killing animals for food ⓘ
genre	ethical treatise ⓘ metaphysical treatise ⓘ religious treatise ⓘ
hasTitleVariant	De Abstinentia NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ modern animal ethics discussions ⓘ
influencedBy	Platonism NERFINISHED ⓘ Pythagoreanism NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
philosophicalTheme	justice toward animals ⓘ purification of the soul ⓘ relation between humans, gods, and animals ⓘ soul and reincarnation ⓘ
positionHeld	advocacy of vegetarianism ⓘ
relatedWorkOfAuthor	Isagoge NERFINISHED ⓘ Life of Plotinus NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ