Description
| Product ID: | 9780520256439 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Sather Classical Lectures |
| Title: | Shame and Necessity, Second Edition |
| Authors: | Author: Bernard Williams |
| Page Count: | 280 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | University of California Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of California Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-04-15 |
