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Pity Transformed
by Konstan, David
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United Kingdom: Duckworth. New. 2002. 0715629042 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED - 192 pages -- "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 how the Greeks and Romans were both like and unlike us in this fundamental area of cultural sensibility. -- AUTHOR: David Konstan is John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor of Classics and Professor of Comparative Literature at Brown Univeristy. Among his previous books are Sexual Symmetry: Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres; Greek Comedy and Ideology; and Friendship in the Classical World. -- -- TABLE OF CONTENTS: Introduction: Pity as an Emotion * 1. Pity and the Law * 2. Pity versus Compassion * 3. Pity and Power * 4. Divine Pity * Conclusion * Appendix: Aristotle on Pity and Pain * Notes * Bibliography * Index -- with a bonus offer-- .
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- Title
- Pity Transformed
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- Konstan, David
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- ISBN 10
- 0715629042
- ISBN 13
- 9780715629048
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- Duckworth
- Place of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 2002
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