Essays
$31.95
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
26 January 2006
Summary
This lively translation by Robin Waterfield re-creates the readable and elegant style of the original.
One of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world, Plutarch (c. AD 46 -120) used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selection from his writings, he offers personal insights into moral subjects that include the virtue of listening, the danger of flattery and the avoidance of anger, alongside more speculative…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140445640 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140445641 |
| Author: | Plutarch, Ian Kidd, Robin Waterfield |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 26 January 2006 |
| Weight: | 500g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
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Plutarch
PLUTARCH (circa 45 - 125 A.D.)
Plutarch is known to have written 227 works of various sorts. Of these, Parallel Lives and Morals have been the most influential for later generations.
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