| parrhesia | |
| par-rez'-i-a | from Gk. para, "beyond" and resis, "speech" |
| Also sp. parresia, parisia; eleutheria | |
| licentia | |
| parrhesy, the licentious, candour |
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Either to speak candidly or to ask forgiveness for so speaking. Sometimes considered a vice. | |
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| Jesus
used parrhesia in response to the Pharisees: The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, "Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee." And he said unto them, "Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected." —Luke 13:31-32 |
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| Sources: | Ad Herennium 4.36-37.48-50 ("licentia"): Quintilian 9.2.27; Isidore 2.21.31; Peacham (1577) M2v; Putt. (1589) 234 ("parisia," "the licentious"); Day 1599 90 ("parresia") | |
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