Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies
This volume of Plutarch's complete works gathers many of the essays now grouped as his Moralia, in an English translation by several hands revised in the nineteenth century. The philosophical essays include his attacks on the Epicureans and the Stoics, That a Philosopher Ought Chiefly to Converse with Great Men, Concerning Fate, The Eating of Flesh, Platonic Questions, the long survey of ancient doctrines about nature, and the nine books of Symposiacs, or table talk, on questions raised at dinner. The literary essays include The Life and Poetry of Homer, The Banquet of the Seven Wise Men, How a Young Man Ought to Hear Poems, a comparison of Aristophanes and Menander, and The Malice of Herodotus. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first essay is free.
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