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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
Sticks and Stones The Philosophy of Insults
Author: Jerome Neu
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." This schoolyard rhyme projects an invulnerability to verbal insults that sounds good but rings false. Indeed, the need for such a verse belies its own claims. For most of us, feeling insulted is a distressing-and distressingly common-experience. — In Sticks and Stones, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195388244
ISBN-10: 0195388240
Publication Date: 11/25/2009
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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