immoderation

• “The glutton was someone who aged before their time, reflecting the belief that the tlazollii in foods had a cumulative contaminating effect on the body. 49 The abhorrence that the Nahuas felt for such immoderation is clear in this very graphic description of a person who ingests the seeds of the teopochotl tree, which cause them to swell up like a glutton:”

  Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico

• “This kind of immoderation makes it unthinkable that we confuse our displays of strength and our strategies for dominance with God's power.”

  Sermon - Church of England's General Synod

• “An excellent example of the merits of immoderation.”

  The Volokh Conspiracy » Results of VC Reader Poll

• “Awn teh prebious lol, i hab a kommunt “awaitin immoderation” bekause i sed… wait… furr… it… T-E-S-T-Y!”

  Konfushus Kitteh sez: - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?

• “Any immoderation or excess — over indulgence in food, drink, or sex — or any exposure to "filth" in both a physical or moral sense could make one ill.”

  Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico

• “The association of sickness with disorder was a strong one in Nahua life; any form of sexual excess, immoderation in food or drink, any exposure to "filth" in both a physical and moral sense, could make one ill.”

  Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico

• “So far we're sticking to the script of immoderation and repentance.”

  Peggy Drexler: The End of Normal: The New Simplicity -- Real or Reaction?

• “Some will speculate that the outbreak of hatred and euphoria in our politics is the result of the transformation of left-liberalism into a religion, its promulgation as dogma by our universities, and students' absorption of their professors' lesson of immoderation.”

  Bush Hatred vs. Obama Euphoria

• “Extract: The Moderate Mr. Islam shows his immoderation yet again.”

  OPEN THREAD.

• “I think it has to do with ambivalence toward sensual appetites, which manifests itself toward a socially-acceptable form of sensual immoderation -- over-eating.”

  Texas Faith: Greed, gluttony and Wall Street's collapse | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com

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