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Ancient and modern

The Stoics would have had little sympathy for Meghan

20 March 2021

9:00 AM

20 March 2021

9:00 AM

Meghan Markle seems to see herself as a ‘victim’. Had she called herself a victima in Rome, it would have been a matter of some surprise, since the ancients used that image solely with reference to animals for sacrifice. But our ‘victim’ is used as if one genuinely were as helpless as a victima.

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