A Hymn to the Pillory

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Actions receive their tincture from the times,
And as they change, are virtues made or crimes.

Daniel Defoe

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Topic

Custom and convention Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Author

Daniel Defoe

Source

A Hymn to the Pillory

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1703 1700s 18th century

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Citation

Defoe, Daniel. A Hymn to the Pillory. London: 1703, I. 29.