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finished reading Essays by Plutarch (Penguin Classics)

Plutarch, Ian Kidd, Robin Waterfield: Essays (Paperback, 1993, Penguin Classics) No rating

Selections from one of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world

Plutarch used an encyclopedic …

Great assortment of moral essays by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield. Introductions were done by Ian Kidd. Didn't read every essay, but I'll say I'm finished with this one for now. I'll leave a list of the essays in question here for the sake of bookkeeping: - On Listening - How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend - On Being Aware of Moral Progress - Whether Military or Intellectual Exploits Have Brought Athens More Fame (unread) - On the Avoidance of Anger - On Contentment - On God's Slowness to Punish (unread) - On Socrates' Personal Deity (unread) - In Consolation to his Wife - On the use of Reason by 'Irrational' Animals (unread)