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No Regrets : Remorse in Classical Antiquity

by Laurel Fulkerson

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Format Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10 0199668892
ISBN-13 9780199668892
Publisher Oxford University Press
Imprint Oxford University Press
Country of Manufacture GB
Country of Publication GB
Publication Date Jun 20th, 2013
Print length 286 Pages
Weight 476 grams
Dimensions 15.00 x 21.80 x 2.20 cms
Product Classification: Ancient history: to c 500 CE Classical history / classical civilisation Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500 Ethics & moral philosophy
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This is the first sustained study examining how the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how it was not normally expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, and how it often served to show defect of character.
No Regrets: Remorse in Classical Antiquity is the first sustained study examining the circumstances under which the emotions of remorse and regret were manifested in Greek and Roman public life. Despite a still-common notion that remorse is a modern, monotheistic emotion, it argues that remorse did in fact exist in pre-Christian antiquity. By discussing the standard lexical denotations of remorse, Fulkerson shows how its parameters were rather different from its modern counterpart. Remorse in the ancient world was normally not expressed by high-status individuals, but by their inferiors, notably women, the young, and subjects of tyrants, nor was it redemptive, but often served to show defect of character. Through a series of examples, especially poetic, historical, and philosophical texts, this book demonstrates this was so because of the very high value placed on consistency of character in the ancient world. High-status men, in particular, faced constant challenges to their position, and maintaining at least the appearance of uniformity was essential to their successful functioning. The redemptive aspects of remorse, of learning from one''s mistakes, were thus nearly absent in the ancient world.

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