Before Forgiveness
The Origins of a Moral Idea
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Publisher Description
Argues that the modern concept of interpersonal forgiveness did not exist in ancient Greece and Rome. Rather, forgiveness, with its accompanying ideas of apology, remorse, and a change of heart, emerged only in the 18th and 19th centuries, as the Christian concept of divine forgiveness was secularised.