{"product_id":"a-plea-for-vegetarianism-henry-stephens-salt-9781396318320","title":"A Plea for Vegetarianism: and Other Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book shakes the core of your beliefs on health and diet, but only if you're open-minded enough to comprehend it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHenry Stephens Salt, considered to be the \"father of animal rights\" and one of the first to write in favour of Vegetarianism, structures a sound argument against flesh-eating in this short and insightful read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe tackles the subject from economic, moral, and medical perspectives, claiming that we're driven to eat meat by forces of tradition and a lucrative industry. Now that the world is witnessing more vegetarians than ever before, it's quite telling to read what Salt had to say about it over a century ago, when Vegetarianism was considered by many to be nothing more than sheer madness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It can do no harm to my readers if they hear what can be said in favour of Vegetarianism; then, if they are not persuaded to adopt a fleshless diet, they will have a clear conscience, and be able to enjoy their beef and mutton all the more afterwards.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is a mournful fact that when people have no wish to understand a thing, they can generally contrive to misunderstand it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I believe that future and wiser generations will look back with amazement on the habit of flesh-eating as a strange relic of ignorance and barbarism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Stephens Salt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1396318321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781396318320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Left of Brain Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/02\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.14d","brand":"Henry Stephens Salt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44128024101119,"sku":"9781396318320","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9ef292e6-e9ca-4232-bc93-40b3f64d2b7b.jpg?v=1687456528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-plea-for-vegetarianism-henry-stephens-salt-9781396318320","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}