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Meaning of anaideia




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

anaideia
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It is a Greek word which means irreverence, shamelessness, provocation, impudence and self-confidence. In Greek mythology, was the personification of provocation and was the daughter of Nys, Nyx, or Nicte (the night).

  




Felipe Lorenzo del Río

Prefix an - and aidos aidous, shame, modesty and regard Greek: shamelessness, provocation and irreverence. In mythology, personification of shamelessness, daughter of Eris (discord) and hubris (vanity). Characteristic of the philosophy of the cynics parrhesia (openness in speaking) and the adiaforia (indifference). The anaideia has is you compare the cynics with dogs (kyon) for his irreverent, shameless, and contrary to the conventions of social behavior.

  



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