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Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't

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n A Slap in the Face, William Irvine undertakes a wide-ranging investigation of insults, their history, the role they play in social relationships, and the science behind them. He offers advice, based primarily on the writings of the Stoic philosophers, on how best to curb our own insulting tendencies and how to respond to the insults that are directed our way. A rousing follow-up to The Good Life, A Slap in the Face will interest anyone who's ever delivered an insult or felt the sting of one--in other words, ...

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Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't 2017, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780190665043

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Slap in the Face: Why Insults Hurt--And Why They Shouldn't 2013, Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN-13: 9780199934454

Hardcover