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Pity transformed /
""Pity Transformed"" is an examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and Romans differed from modern ideas. Among the topics investigated in this study are the appeal to pity...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Duckworth,
2001.
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| Colección: | Classical inter/faces.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | ""Pity Transformed"" is an examination of how pity was imagined and expressed in classical antiquity. It pays particular attention to the ways in which the pity of the Greeks and Romans differed from modern ideas. Among the topics investigated in this study are the appeal to pity in courts of law and the connection between pity and desert; the relation between pity and love or intimacy; self-pity; the role of pity in war and its relation to human rights and human dignity; divine pity from paganism to Christianity; and why pity was considered an emotion. This book will lead readers to ponder ho |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 181 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781472502315 1472502310 9781472502322 1472502329 |