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Single Idea 2172

[from 'Shame and Necessity' by Bernard Williams, in 23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty ]

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 Reference

Williams,Bernard: 'Shame and Necessity' [California 1994], p.41