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And they are more likely to be ashamed when they have to be seen and to
associate openly with those who are aware of their disgrace. Wherefore the
tragic poet Antiphon,1
when he was about to be flogged to death by order of Dionysius, seeing that
those who were to die with him covered their faces as they passed through the
gates, said, “Why cover your faces? Is it because you are afraid that
one of the crowd should see you tomorrow?” Let this account of shame
suffice; as for shamelessness, it is evident that we shall be able to obtain
ample knowledge of it from the contrary arguments.
Aristotle in 23 Volumes, Vol. 22, translated by J. H. Freese. Aristotle. Cambridge and London. Harvard University Press; William Heinemann Ltd. 1926.
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