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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 2005 under ISBN 9780521819855 and ISBN 0521819857.
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