Availability:In StockContributor:Plutarch, W. C. Helmbold (Translator)Series:Eris GemsPublish date:2025-05-13Pages:32
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781916809451ISBN-10:1916809456UPC:9781916809451Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:EssaysProduct ID:SC94HX7HEF
On Talkativeness
"It is a troublesome and difficult task that philosophy has in hand when it undertakes to cure garrulousness. For the remedy, words of reason, requires listeners; but the garrulous listen to nobody, for they are always talking."
Plutarch's essay takes on an unusual philosophical problem: people who talk too much. In part an erudite and highly amusing history of the chatterbox as a social...Series: Eris Gems
Language:EnglishPublisher:ErisISBN-13:9781916809451ISBN-10:1916809456UPC:9781916809451Book Category:PhilosophyBook Subcategory:EssaysProduct ID:SC94HX7HEF
Plutarch (46-c. 119) was a Greek philosopher and historian. His book of Parallel Lives is a landmark work in the art of biography.
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