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The human condition requires us to consume other living or inanimate objects in order to continue with our lives. This basic and simple habit of eating begins as a newborn as we eat what our parents feed us. The purpose of this essay is illustrate the phrase " you are what you eat," and look at the philosophical meanings of eating and consuming foods. This essay will explore different aspects of food consumption, the state of human being and how these ideas relate to each other and literally feed off one another.
Defining Terms
Before examining the phrase in depth, it is necessary to define the terms within the phrase in order to give some sort of scope or boundary to fit in this conversation. In order to know what you are, it is required to take a step back and look at what "isness" is. Being appears almost impossible to define without using non-being as a contrast. We are because we are and that is about as good as any argument contemplating this deep aspect of the human experience can reach. Knowing why we are and have come to existence is yet another matter that needs to be understood but not necessarily expressed.
Eating also has to be defined....
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