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This volume explores the paradoxical connections between free speech, democracy, shame and Socratic philosophy and Thucydidean history. Free speech in the ancient democracy was not a protected right but an expression of the freedom from hierarchy, awe, reverence and shame.Saxonhouse, Arlene W. is the author of 'Free Speech and Democracy in Ancient Athens', published 2008 under ISBN 9780521721585 and ISBN 052172158X.
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