Altruism by Matthieu Ricard

Altruism by Matthieu Ricard

Author:Matthieu Ricard
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Published: 2015-06-02T00:00:00+00:00


Players with hands tied behind them competed to kill a cat nailed to a post by battering it to death with their heads, at the risk of cheeks ripped open or eyes scratched out by the frantic animal’s claws… Or a pig enclosed in a wide pen was chased by men with clubs to the laughter of spectators as he ran squealing from the blows until beaten lifeless.16

In the sixteenth century, in Paris, a stage spectacle that was much appreciated by the crowds consisted of slowly lowering into a fire cats hanging from ropes, and watching them struggle with horrible cries until they were reduced to ashes.



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