Bøger af Plutarch

Plutarch created "Plutarch's Lives," a collection of biographies, in the first century AD. For instance, biographies of well-known Greek and Roman individuals are grouped together depending on how their lives differ, such as Demosthenes and Cicero or Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar. The book's main objective is to examine these great people's moral character and qualities via their history. According to Plutarch, examining the lives of these people might provide important light on morals, leadership, and the characteristics of a good person. The bios seek to combine truth and mythology in order to capture the essence of each person's personality and character rather than being just factual descriptions. Plutarch highlights the importance of looking at a person's whole life rather than just their successes or failures in isolation. Overall, "Plutarch's Lives" is a great book that never fails to move readers with its understanding of human nature, emphasis on leadership, and stress on the qualities that set a moral person apart.

The Greek philosopher Plutarch's 'Essays and Miscellanies: The Complete Works Vol. 3' is an anthology of his musings on various themes, including literary evaluation, moral philosophy, and political postulates. The book is separated into numerous divisions, each centered around a specific subject matter. In separate sections of Plutarch's tome, one can come across his musings on ethics and morals, as well as his ponderings on the universe's workings and the deities' purposes. As a skilled and insightful writer, Plutarch touches upon a wide range of topics that are sure to inspire and provoke. What he presents is easily accessible to anyone, whether studying in an academic setting or picking up the book for leisurely reading. Plutarch's impact on Western thinking and society is truly exceptional, impossible to overstate. His writings were held in high esteem by both the Greeks and Romans of ancient times, and are still being studied and admired by readers and scholars alike, worldwide.

Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles, Nicias, and Alcibiades, to the razing of its walls by Lysander.