Parrhēsia (Frank Speech)

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  • Frank, caring criticism among friends, practised in the Epicurean schools as a means of mutual improvement. Philodemus wrote a treatise on it, On Frank Criticism.

    Greek παρρησία (parrhēsia)

    Frank, caring criticism among friends, practised in the Epicurean schools as a means of mutual improvement. Philodemus wrote a treatise on it, On Frank Criticism.

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    Source: Philodemus, On Frank Criticism (Peri Parrhēsias, PHerc. 1471).

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