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parrhesia

Postby William Hupy » Wed Jan 28, 2015 5:10 pm

Is this ancient Greek word still in use in rhetoric? It means to speak candidly or to ask forgiveness to speak candidly.
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Re: parrhesia

Postby Slava » Tue Feb 03, 2015 7:41 pm

Perhaps in rarefied scholarly circles of rhetoricians, but I expect not anywhere else.
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