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    Philosophy of food

    • Mark Chou
    • 27 October 2010
    6 Comments

    Epicurus makes clear that food is pleasurable to the extent that it satiates a need. My dad's longing for the foods of childhood has nothing to do with bodily hunger, and everything to do with remembrance of his childhood in Taiwan and of his parents.

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