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Radio 3,7 mins

How a talking statue in Rome hit the city's leaders where it hurt

Free Thinking

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2017 New Generation Thinker Joanne Paul takes a historical view of parrhesia, or speaking truth to power, an idea from antiquity that gained traction among 16th century humanists. (Image: © Arts and Humanities Research Council / Steven Haywood)

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