Plutarch

Born c. 46 · Died c. 120

From Chaeronea, Central Greece Region, Greece · Nationality: Ancient Rome · Writes nonfiction

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.

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“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.”
Consolation to Apollonius
“The mind is not a vessel that needs filling, but wood that needs igniting.”
Moralia
“The measure of a man’s life is the well spending of it, and not the length.”
Consolation to Apollonius
“To one that promised to give him hardy cocks that would die fighting, “Prithee,” said Cleomenes, “give me cocks that will kill fighting.””
Apophthegms of Kings and Great Commanders
“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.””
Laconic Apophthegms

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Books by Plutarch in order

Books by Plutarch in the order they were published, from The Life of Alexander the Great (2004) to How to Be a Leader (2019).

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Books by Plutarch in order

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