The A Catena of Authorities Deprecatory of the Practice of Flesh Eating Williams, Howard 1837-1931 creator text utu 2017 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Ethics of Diet" by Howard Williams is a biographical anthology published in 1883. This groundbreaking work traces opposition to meat-eating from ancient Greece through the Victorian era, compiling arguments from over 150 philosophers, poets, physicians, and reformers. Williams presents vegetarianism not as modern novelty but as an enduring moral tradition spanning civilizations. His chronological survey—from Pythagoras and Plutarch through Shelley and Rousseau—influenced major figures including Gandhi and Tolstoy, establishing the book as a foundational text in vegetarian history and ethical thought about humanity's relationship with animals. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ethics_of_Diet Release date is 2017-10-21 Produced by Jane Robins, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Original publication data not identified Diet Vegetarianism TX Original publication data not identified 89100424 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55785 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/55785 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134303.0 55785