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Shame and Necessity (Sather Classical Lectures)
Shame and Necessity - Sather Classical Lectures
Author: Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams's original and radical book questions this picture of Western history. While we are in many ways different from the Greeks...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780520080461
ISBN-10: 0520080467
Publication Date: 3/24/1993
Pages: 254
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Publisher: Univ of California Pr
Book Type: Hardcover
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