On Abstinence from Animal Food

Name: [Greek: Peri apoches empsychon biblia tessara] De abstinentia ab esu animalium
Author: Porphyrius

[Greek: Peri apoches empsychon biblia tessara] De abstinentia ab esu animalium

Porphyrius

Latin

Porphyrius c. 270 CE · published 1767

462 pages

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First from Latin

English translations of this work exist from another source language, but this specific text has never been translated.

While Porphyry's 'De Abstinentia' has been translated into English from the original Greek (notably by Thomas Taylor in 1823 and Gillian Clark in 2000, as seen in search results), no English translation of the specific 1767 Latin version exists. According to the provided instructions, translations from the original Greek do not count against the status of a Latin-to-English translation; therefore, an English translation of this Latin text would be a first.

Related translations found:

Porphyry on abstinence from animal food (1965) [complete] source

On abstinence from killing animals, trans. Gillian Clark (2000) [complete] source

Select Works of Porphyry (2022) [partial] source

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Long before the modern animal rights movement, the 3rd-century philosopher Porphyry penned this radical manifesto for ethical vegetarianism. By questioning whether humans can truly claim justice while slaughtering sentient beings, this treatise challenges the very foundations of human arrogance and spiritual impurity.