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Full Idea
Duty in some abstract modern sense is largely unknown to the Greeks, in particular to archaic Greeks.
Gist of Idea
The modern idea of duty is unknown in archaic Greece
Source
Bernard Williams (Shame and Necessity [1993], II - p.41)
Book Ref
Williams,Bernard: 'Shame and Necessity' [California 1994], p.41