The author manages the feat of making the reading of his book - yet very dense and incredibly rich in historical information - easy and pleasant. In an elegant style, he explains how the question of the right to eat foods from animals has been discussed for ever, and by the greatest. While veganism (and vegetarianism) is still often ridiculed, it is surprising to learn that so serious has historically been given to this ideology and finally understand the ignoble reasons our intellectual resistance to it . Congratulations!