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by sjaak 1135 days ago
Parrhesia

Parrhesia means literally "to speak everything" and by extension "to speak freely", "to speak boldly". It implies not only freedom of speech, but the obligation to speak the truth for the common good, even at personal risk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrhesia

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Foucault lectured on perrhesia as he was dying.

https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Truth-Government-Lectures-198...

this word (as several others) made its way into Hebrew.