
Lies and Liars
The Victor Davis Hanson Show
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The Virtue of Modesty in the Ancient World
Hanson: What the f ever happened to modesty in this country? And what why is it being immodest? Why is screaming at when you're a legislator and screaming in the middle of a recession? Why is that virtuous? So anyway, Victor, this, I had wanted to bring this up for the last couple of episodes to get your thoughts on modesty. How did the ancients conceive of modesty? Was it a virtue? was it a weakness? Was It a modesty? Something that was also perceived as its own thing?
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