Citations:parrhesia

English citations of parrhesia

The asking of forgiveness to soften a blunt speech
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    • 1996, Quentin Skinner, Reason and Rhetoric in the Philosophy of Hobbes, page 133:
      by the figure of parrhesia we can similarly hope to contrive a tone of 'humble submission and modest insinuation', thereby forestalling any displeasure and offence at our speech.