num_pages: 512
description: Plutarch, c.45-120, was born in Boeotian Chaeronea in central Greece, studied philosophy at Athens, &amp;, after going to Rome as a philosophy teacher, was given consular rank by Trajan &amp; a procuratorship in Greece by Hadrian. He was married, the father of a daughter &amp; four sons. A kindly, independent thinker, he wrote widely. His popular 46 Parallel Lives were biographies planned to be paired ethical examples of a Greek &amp; a similar Roman, tho the last four are single. They're invaluable sources about the lives &amp; characters of GrecoRoman statesmen, soldiers &amp; orators. His approximately 60 other varied extant works are known as Moralia, Moral Essays. They're of high literary value &amp; of use to all interested in ethics, philosophy &amp; religion. The Loeb Classical Library's Moralia is in 15 volumes, this being the first, #197 in the Library's series as a whole.Note on FrontspiecePrefaceIntroductionThe Education of ChildrenHow the Young Man Should Study PoetryOn Listening &amp; LecturesHow to Tell a Flatterer froma FriendHow a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in VirtueIndex
language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
title: Moralia: Volume I
titlecomplete: Moralia: Volume I
genres: Nonfiction, Philosophy, Classics
ratings_count: 50
publisher: Harvard University Press (Cambridge)/Wm Heinemann Ltd. (London)