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Moralia

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Description for Moralia Hardcover. 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, traditions, ideals, ethics, and religion. Translator(s): Babbitt, F.C. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 115 x 27. Weight in Grams: 376.

Eclectic essays on ethics, education, and much else besides.

Plutarch (Plutarchus), ca. AD 45–120, 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 forty-six Parallel ... Read more, biographies planned to be ethical examples in pairs (in each pair, one Greek figure and one similar Roman), though the last four lives are single. All are invaluable sources of our knowledge of the lives and characters of Greek and Roman statesmen, soldiers and orators. Plutarch’s many other varied extant works, about sixty in number, are known as Moralia or Moral Essays. They are of high literary value, besides being of great use to people interested in philosophy, ethics, and religion.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of the Moralia is in fifteen volumes, volume XIII having two parts. Volume XVI is a comprehensive Index.

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1936
Series
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
Weight
375g
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674993372
SKU
V9780674993372
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About Plutarch
Frank Cole Babbitt (1867–1935) was the Hobart Professor of Greek Language and Literature at Trinity College, Hartford.

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