American Enterprise Institute: From Cicero to Trump, They’re All in Plutarch’s ‘Lives’
Demosthenes was one of the most remarkable advocates in ancient Greece and perhaps in history. To overcome a stutter, Plutarch wrote that Demosthenes retreated to a cave and placed pebbles in his ...
Plutarch (/ ˈpluːtɑːrk /; Ancient Greek: Πλούταρχος, Ploútarchos, Koine Greek: [ˈplúːtarkʰos]; before AD 50 – after 120 [1]) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, [2] 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 ...
Plutarch, biographer and author whose works strongly influenced the evolution of the essay, the biography, and historical writing in Europe from the 16th to the 19th century. Among his approximately 227 works, the most important are Parallel Lives and Moralia, or Ethica.
Plutarch of Chaeronea in Boeotia (ca. 45–120 CE) was a Platonist philosopher, best known to the general public as author of his “Parallel Lives” of paired Greek and Roman statesmen and military leaders. He was a voluminous writer, author also of a collection of “Moralia” or “Ethical Essays,” mostly in dialogue format, many of them devoted to philosophical topics, but not at all ...
Plutarch's Works Plutarch was a prolific writer who became ever more productive the older he became but, unfortunately, a large number of his works have been lost. Just what is missing is indicated in a 4th-century list known as the Catalogue of Lamprias. Here there are mentioned 227 works which include biographies and an eclectic array of writings collectively referred to as Moralia. These ...