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Plutarch's Morals

Plutarch

Book 68 of Plutarchi Chaeronensis quae extant opera

  • 301 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1500
  • 211 editions
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1 About this book

The Moralia of the 1st-century Greek scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea is an eclectic collection of 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but often are also timeless observations in their own right.

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3 About Plutarch

Died 120

Plutarch (; Ancient Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos, Koine Greek:; before AD 50 – after 120) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of illustrious Greeks and Romans, and Moralia, a collection of essays and speeches.

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