Availability:In StockContributor:Plutarch, Robin Waterfield (Translator), Ian Kidd (Introduction by)Series:Penguin ClassicsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:4/6/1993Pages:448
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140445640ISBN-10:140445641UPC:9780140445640Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, EssaysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.78 x 5.12 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCBM3M2J58
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Selections from one of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world Plutarch used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selection from his writings, he offers personal insights into moral subjects that include the virtue of listening, the danger of flattery and the avoidance of anger, alongside more speculative essays on...
Series: Penguin Classics
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin ClassicsISBN-13:9780140445640ISBN-10:140445641UPC:9780140445640Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, EssaysBook Topic:Ancient & ClassicalSize:7.78 x 5.12 x 1.09 inchesWeight:0.7804Product ID:SCBM3M2J58
Plutarch (c.50-c.120 AD) was a writer and thinker born into a wealthy, established family of Chaeronea in central Greece. He received the best possible education in rhetoric and philosophy, and traveled to Asia Minor and Egypt. Later, a series of visits to Rome and Italy contributed to his fame, which was given official recognition by the emperors Trajan and Hadrian. Plutarch rendered...
Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Plutarch, Robin Waterfield (Translator), Ian Kidd (Introduction by)
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