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Pages
134
Published
100
Language
English

Synopsis

Explore the wisdom of the ancient world with Plutarch's Moralia. This collection of essays and speeches from the 1st century offers a fascinating look into Roman and Greek life, presenting timeless observations on ethics, philosophy, and the human condition.

About the author

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Plutarch

Plutarch, born Plutarchos (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a Roman citizen, Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), c. 46 – 120 AD, was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi. Plutarch died between the years AD 119 and 127.