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Sticks and Stones: The Philosophy of Insults
Sticks and Stones The Philosophy of Insults
Author: Jerome Neu
"Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me." This schoolyard rhyme projects an invulnerability to verbal insults that sounds good but rings false. Indeed, the need for such a verse belies its own claims. For most of us, feeling insulted is a distressing-and distressingly common-experience. — In Sticks and Stones, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195314311
ISBN-10: 019531431X
Publication Date: 12/7/2007
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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