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This book contains a collection of essays on the notion of "Free Speech" in classical antiquity. The essays examine such concepts as "freedom of speech," "self-expression," and "censorship," in ancient Greek and Roman culture from historical, philosophical, and literary perspectives. Among the many questions addressed are: what was the preciseā¦
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Coincidentally this scholarly collection of essays appeared in the same year as my 2nd Book Pick. The original versions of the papers were delivered at āPennā (the University of Pennsylvania, Professor Rosenās home) at the second āPenn-Leiden Colloquium on Ancient Valuesā (Leiden being Prof. Sluiterās base). Free speech had two distinct terms and expressions in ancient Greece, one more expansive than the other. Parrhesia could be understood as frankness of expression, not necessarily political. Isegoria, on the other hand, was narrowly political and applied only to adult male free citizens: itās best translated exactly as equal freedom of publicā¦
From Paul's list on freedom and freedom of speech in Ancient Greece.
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