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S A T H E R CLASSICAL L E C T U R E S Volume Fifty-Seven

Shame and Necessity

A CENTENNIAL BOOK One hundred books published between 1990 and 1995 bear this special imprint of the University of California Press. We have chosen each Centennial Book as an example of the Press's finest publishing and bookmaking traditions as we celebrate the beginning of our second century. U N I V E R S I T Y OF C A L I F O R N I A PRESS Founded in 1893

Shame and Necessity

Bernard Williams With a New Foreword by A.A.

Long

CP University of California Press Berkeley • Los Angeles • London

University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Its activities are supported by the U C Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. For more information, visit www.ucpress.edu. University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England © 1 9 9 3 , 2008 by The Regents of the University of California First paperback printing 1 9 9 4 ISBN: 978-0-520-25643-9 (pbk. : alk. paper) The Library of Congress has catalogued an earlier version of this book as follows: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Williams, Bernard Arthur Owen. Shame and necessity / Bernard Williams. p. cm.—(Sather classical lectures; v. 57) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN: 978-0-520-08830-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1 . Greek poetry—History and criticism. 2. Necessity (Philosophy) in literature. 3. Philosophy, Ancient, in literature. 4. Ethics in literature. 5. Shame in literature. I. Title. II. Series. PA3095.W5 1993 88i'.oio9384—dc2o

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