Shamelessness · Atlas

in the texts

Nicomachean EthicsClassical · Greek

The vice of deficiency in shame, opposed to the modest middle character.

while he that is deficient in shame, or abashed at nothing whatsoever, is shameless, and the man of middle character modest.

chapter 2 ¶

Against Aristogeiton IClassical · Greek

Vice of lacking shame, central to the speaker’s attack on Aristogeiton’s speech and legal denials.

And that is precisely what the defendant does.

against aristogeiton i ¶

for I think you should examine the defendant and the rights of the present case as carefully as you would scrutinize a private debt.

against aristogeiton i ¶

Of Justice too and Order and Modesty all men have shrines, some, the fairest and holiest, in the very heart and soul of each man, and others built for the common worship of all.

against aristogeiton i ¶

MeditationsImperial · Greek

A vice inevitable among some portion of humanity, toward which the Stoic should cultivate patient, philosophical acceptance.

When you are offended at someone's shamelessness, ask yourself at once:

book nine ¶

CyropaediaClassical · Greek

Vice associated with ingratitude and presented as a path to moral wrongdoing.

and it is that, we know, which leads the way to every moral wrong.

chapter 1 ¶

SymposiumClassical · Greek

A personified vice rejected in the Lacedaemonian contrast.

For the goddess they worship is not Impudence but Modesty.

chapter 8 ¶