
Plutarch’s Essays And Miscellanies - Comprising all his Works Collected under the Title of “Morals” · Translated from the Greek by Several Hands Corrected and Revised by WILLIAM W. GOODWIN, Ph.D., Professor of Greek Literature in Harvard University In Five Volumes · Volume Two
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. WITH THE TRANSLATORS’ NAMES.
THE BANQUET OF THE SEVEN WISE MEN.
HOW A YOUNG MAN OUGHT TO HEAR POEMS.
OF ENVY AND HATRED.
HOW TO KNOW A FLATTERER FROM A FRIEND.
THAT IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO LIVE PLEASURABLY ACCORDING TO THE DOCTRINE OF EPICURUS. PLUTARCH, ZEUXIPPUS, THEON, ARISTODEMUS.
ROMAN QUESTIONS.
GREEK QUESTIONS.
OF THE LOVE OF WEALTH.
Language
en
Duration
~18 hours (1039K characters)
Release date
2026-03-08
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

46–119
Best known for pairing Greek and Roman lives, this influential writer turned biography into a way of thinking about character, virtue, and power. His work has shaped readers for centuries, from Shakespeare to modern historians.
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