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Plutarch (c. 45 120 CE) wrote on many subjects. His extant works other than the Parallel Lives are varied, about sixty in number, and known as the Moralia (Moral Essays). They reflect his philosophy about living a good life, and provide a treasury of information concerning Greco-Roman society, tradi…
Moralia, Volume XIII
Part II: Stoic Essays
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544 pages
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Summary
Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. 45–120 CE, was born at Chaeronea in Boeotia in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, and, after coming to Rome as a teacher in philosophy, was given consular rank by the emperor Trajan and a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married and the father of one daughter and four sons. He appears as a man of kindly character and independent thought, studious and learned.Plutarch wrote on many subjects. Most popular have always been the 46 Parallel Lives…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780674995178 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0674995171 |
| Author: | Plutarch, Harold Cherniss |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press |
| Imprint: | Harvard University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1976 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 162mm x 108mm x 28mm |
| Series: | Loeb Classical Library |
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Harold Fredrick Cherniss (1904–1987) was Professor of Greek at the University of California, Berkeley.
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