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Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery.
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Shame and Necessity, Bernard Williams
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- 2008
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- Title
- Shame and Necessity
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bernard Williams
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2008
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 275
- ISBN10
- 0520256433
- ISBN13
- 9780520256439
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Philosophical Topics, Culture and Society, Anthropology, Ancient History
- Rating
- 4.25 out of 5
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- Claims that while we are in many ways different from the Greeks the differences are not to be traced to a shift in basic conceptions of ethical life. This book argues that we are more like the ancients than we are prepared to acknowledge, and only when this is understood can we grasp our differences from them, such as our rejection of slavery.