Plutarch

Citas

• “For many, as Cranton tells us, and those very wise men, not now but long ago, have deplored the condition of human nature, esteeming life a punishment, and to be born a man the highest pitch of calamity; this, Aristotle tells us, Silenus declared when he was brought captive to Midas.”

• “The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”

• “The measure of a man’s life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”

• “To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, “Prithee,” said Cleomenes, “give me cocks that will kill fighting.””

• “When one told Plistarchus that a notorious railer spoke well of him, “I ‘ll lay my life,” said he, “somebody hath told him I am dead, for he can speak well of no man living.””

Los libros de Plutarch en orden

Los libros de Plutarch en el orden en que se publicaron, de The Life of Alexander the Great (2004) a How to Be a Leader (2019).

1. 1The Life of Alexander the GreatThe Life of Alexander the Great2004
2. 2On SpartaOn Sparta2005
3. 3How to Be a LeaderHow to Be a Leader2019
4. 4Complete WorksComplete Works
5. 5Fall of the Roman RepublicFall of the Roman Republic
6. 6Greek LivesGreek Lives
7. 7Juan Fernández de Heredia, Las vidas de hombres ilustresJuan Fernández de Heredia, Las vidas de hombres ilustres
8. 8Lives of the Noble Grecians and RomansLives of the Noble Grecians and Romans
9. 9Makers of RomeMakers of Rome
10. 10Makers of Rome, Nine LivesMakers of Rome, Nine Lives
11. 11Plutarch Lives, IV, Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Plutarch Lives, IV, Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla
12. 12Plutarch on SpartaPlutarch on Sparta
13. 13Plutarch's De Iside et OsiridePlutarch's De Iside et Osiride
14. 14Plutarch's EssaysPlutarch's Essays
15. 15Plutarch's LivesPlutarch's Lives
16. 16Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
17. 17Plutarch's MoralsPlutarch's Morals
    Qué contiene (6)

    • On Isis and Osiris
    • On the Cessation of Oracles
    • On the Pythian Responses
    • On the E at Delphi
    • On the Apparent Face in the Orb of the Moon
    • On Superstition
18. 18Plutarch's Romane QuestionsPlutarch's Romane Questions
19. 19Selected Essays of PlutarchSelected Essays of Plutarch
20. 20Ten Famous LivesTen Famous Lives
21. 21The Children's PlutarchThe Children's Plutarch
22. 22The Education or Bringinge up of ChildrenThe Education or Bringinge up of Children
23. 23The Rise and Fall of AthensThe Rise and Fall of Athens