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14. How is shame part of fear, but fear is not part of shame? How does this relate to the connection between piety and justice?

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>From MILDRED FERENTINO:

"Fear covers a larger area than shame. Shame is a part of fear just as odd is a part of number, with the result that it is not true that where there is number there is also oddness, but that where there is oddness there is also number. Do you follow me now? This is the kind of thing I was asking before, whether where there is piety there is also justice, but where there is justice there is not always piety, for pious is a part of justice." pg. 18

>rm says: This quote is right on target.

 

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