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A sovereign shows himself to be a tyrant if he disregards his honest advisors, or punishes them for what they have said.
Fearless Speech (2001)
The second characteristic of parrhesia... there is always an exact coincidence between belief and truth.
Fearless Speech (2001)
Parrhesia is... always a "game" between the one who speaks the truth and the interlocutor.
Fearless Speech (2001)
The aim of this Socratic parrhesiastic activity... is to lead the interlocutor to the choice of that kind of life (bios) that will be in Dorian-harmonic accord with, logos, virtue, courage, and truth.
Fearless Speech (2001)
The last characteristic of parrhesia... telling the truth is regarded as a duty.
Fearless Speech (2001)
Parrhesia is ordinarily translated into English by "free speech"... the parrhesiastes is the one who uses parrhesia, i.e., the one who speaks the truth.
Fearless Speech (2001)
In order for parrhesia to have positive political effects, it must... be linked to a good education, to intellectual and moral formation, to paideia or mathesis.
Fearless Speech (2001)
In... Plato, Socrates appears in the role of the perrhesiastes.
Fearless Speech (2001)
The parrhesia comes from "below,"... and is directed... "above." ...[A]n ancient Greek would not say ...a teacher or father who criticizes a child uses parrhesia.
Fearless Speech (2001)
In the Greek conception of parrhesia... truth-having is guaranteed by the possession of... moral qualities... required... to know... and... convey such truth...
Fearless Speech (2001)
If there is a kind of "proof" of the sincerity of the parrhesiastes, it is his courage... [Saying] something dangerous—different from what the majority believes—is a strong indication that he is a parrhesiastes.
Fearless Speech (2001)