Authors: Plutarch, General Books
ISBN-13: 9781151239891, ISBN-10: 1151239895
Format: Paperback
Publisher: General Books
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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Volume: 5;
Original Publisher: Little, Brown,
Preface and Acknowledgements | ||
Abbreviations | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
On Listening | ||
Introduction | 19 | |
Essay | 27 | |
How to Distinguish a Flatterer from a Friend | ||
Introduction | 51 | |
Essay | 61 | |
On Being Aware of Moral Progress | ||
Introduction | 113 | |
Essay | 122 | |
Whether Military or Intellectual Exploits Have Brought Athens More Fame | ||
Introduction | 147 | |
Essay | 154 | |
On the Avoidance of Anger | ||
Introduction | 168 | |
Essay | 176 | |
On Contentment | ||
Introduction | 202 | |
Essay | 211 | |
On God's Slowness to Punish | ||
Introduction | 239 | |
Essay | 250 | |
On Socrates' Personal Deity | ||
Introduction | 294 | |
Essay | 308 | |
In Consolation to His Wife | ||
Introduction | 359 | |
Essay | 365 | |
On the Use of Reason by 'Irrational' Animals | ||
Introduction | 375 | |
Essay | 383 | |
Bibliography | 400 | |
Textual Appendix | 402 | |
Descriptive Index of Proper Names | 407 |