Moralia
Sign in to saveThe Moralia (Latin for "Morals", "Customs" or "Mores"; , Ethiká) is a set of essays ascribed to the 1st-century scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. The eclectic collection contains 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but they also include timeless observations. Many generations of Europeans have read or imitated them, including Michel de Montaigne, Renaissance Humanists and Enlightenment philosophers.
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- Author
- Plutarch
- First published
- 1500
- Editions
- 211
- Subjects
- Ancient Ethics, Ancient Philosophy, Animals (Philosophy), Biography, Early works to 1800, Ethics, Greek Oracles, Greek essays
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- Moralia
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- Plutarchus - Moralia. De placitis philosophorum, 1531 - 3020537.tif
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- 1531 edition in Latin
- Book.author
- Plutarch
- Book.country
- Roman Greece
- Book.language
- Ancient Greek
- Book.genre
- Essays
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- Plutarch, De virtute et vitio, Venice, Gr. 248.jpg
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17 sectionsContents
- Contents
- General structure
- Books
- Editions
- Early manuscripts
- Modern editions
- Contents
- Origins dilemma
- On reincarnation
- Spartan lives and sayings
- Works on Greek and Roman religion
- "On the Malice of Herodotus"
- Other works
- Early humanist editions
- References
- Further reading
- External links
The Moralia (Latin for "Morals", "Customs" or "Mores"; , Ethiká) is a set of essays ascribed to the 1st-century scholar Plutarch of Chaeronea. The eclectic collection contains 78 essays and transcribed speeches. They provide insights into Roman and Greek life, but they also include timeless observations. Many generations of Europeans have read or imitated them, including Michel de Montaigne, Renaissance Humanists and Enlightenment philosophers.
==Contents==