Humane Montaigne (mon*tayne)
Food for Thought: The Joys and Benefits of Living Vegan
Colleen Patrick-Goudreau
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2013
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I'm thrilled to share with you a very special person named Michele de Montaigne, who lived from 1533 to 1592. He was a writer, philosopher, and inventor of the essay as a proper literary genre. In his aptly titled "Essays," he shares his thoughts - while referencing historical figures, philosophical thinkers, and poets - in order to work out his thoughts about the way to world worked and our place in it. Significantly for our purposes, he was one of the early post-Classical thinkers who challenged some fundamental aspects of Western thought, particularly the idea that we’re superior to other animals. Take a listen and join the Montaigne fan club.
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| 0:16.7 | Welcome to Food for Thought. My name is Colleen Patrick Gudreau. I'm an author and educator dedicated to empowering people to make informed food choices, to debunking myths about veganism, to being a voice for animals, and to giving people the tools and resources they need to live according to their |
| 0:24.7 | own values of compassion and wellness. I'm the author of The Joy of vegan |
| 0:29.4 | baking, The vegan table, Color Me vegan, Vegan's Daily Companion and my newest book on Being Vegan, Reflections on a Compassionate Life, |
| 0:38.7 | which is available as an e-book as well as paperback and I think all of the cookbooks are also available as |
| 0:43.5 | ebooks and paperback of course. I'm also the creator and host of the 30-day |
| 0:47.9 | vegan challenge which gives you everything you need to make the transition |
| 0:51.2 | healthfully, joyfully, and deliciously. |
| 0:54.4 | And, as I've said, if you're already vegan, you'll get a lot out of it as well. |
| 0:58.6 | You can also give it as a gift to friends and family. |
| 1:02.0 | So check out 30-day vegan challenge.com. You can check out all of my work at |
| 1:05.7 | Compassionate Cook.com. I'm very excited. I've been wanting to modify the home page for a long time. You may not even notice any |
| 1:11.7 | difference. I think when I first got it done I told my |
| 1:14.2 | husband and he looked at it and he went great looks great and I'm like can you can do you see what I did |
| 1:19.0 | differently and he goes no but what did you do so I can really see a difference and maybe you will too but I just think it'll be better. |
| 1:26.7 | Even if you don't notice the specifics I think you'll just know instinctively that it's better. |
| 1:30.7 | You can also find me on Twitter and Facebook and Twitter.com |
| 1:34.8 | slash Patrick Goudreau and Facebook.com slash compassionate cooks. So check it out and |
| 1:41.8 | before I get started with today's episode of course I need to and want to thank my amazing platinum members. |
| 1:49.0 | Our lovely anonymous and Norway has become members of the Norwegian Vegan Society. |
| 1:54.6 | So thank you so much members of the Norwegian Vegan Society for your support and for outing |
| 1:59.4 | yourself as the supporter of the podcast. |
| 2:03.0 | I highly encourage all of you to go to the website. |
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