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PLUTARCH IBD

PLUTARCH
BENEDICTION CLASSICS
12 / 2010
9781849025799
Anglès

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ONE OF THE FEW COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED EDITIONS OF PLUTARCHâÇÖS LIVES--all fifty biographies, and eighteen comparisons.'I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power or possessions.' Plutarch á'To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days.' Plutarchá'Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.' Plutarchá'To make no mistakes is not in the power of man, but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.' Plutarchá'It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.' PlutarcháááááPlutarchâÇÖs Lives is a brilliant collection of biographies by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. By comparing a famous Roman with a famous Greek, Plutarch intended to provide model patterns of behaviour and to encourage mutual respect between Greeks and Romans. áThere are fifty biographies of famous soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen, and an additional eighteen comparisons. áThe form of PlutarchâÇÖs Lives was new, he outlined the birth, youth, achievements, and death of his characters, followed by a formal comparison. The Lives display formidable learning and research. áPlutarch is essentially a moralist whose aim is to edify the reader, destiny follows from character, which he illustrates by anecdotes. áPlutarch (AD 46 -119 ) was a philosopher, teacher, and biographer, whose writing strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writingá in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century, especially the work of áMichel de Montaigne and William Shakespeare. He lived mostly in Greece, where he was a local magistrate, though he was a Roman citizen who knew the Emperors Trajan and Hadrian. áá

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