Plutarch: Volume 47

This volume introduces the life and works of Plutarch of Chaeronea, one of classical antiquity's most influential writers.

List of contents

Acknowledgements; 1. Plutarch's life; 2. Looking for the truth: Plutarch as an open-minded Platonist; 3. Learning in abundance: the ramifications of Plutarch's erudition; 4. The complicated path to virtue: Plutarch's ethical thinking; 5. History as matter for philosophy: the Parallel Lives; 6. A close encounter with the Parallel Lives: two case studies; 7. Reason as a mystagogue: Plutarch's view of God; List of Plutarch's works; Bibliography.

About the author

Geert Roskam is professor of Greek Studies at the University of Leuven. He is the author of many articles and edited volumes on ancient philosophy and of On the Path to Virtue: The Stoic Doctrine of Moral Progress and its Reception in (Middle-)Platonism (2005), Live Unnoticed: On the Vicissitudes of an Epicurean Doctrine (2007), A Commentary on Plutarch's De latenter vivendo (2007), and Plutarch's Maxime cum principibus philosopho esse disserendum. An Interpretation with Commentary (2009).

Summary

This volume introduces the life and works of Plutarch of Chaeronea, one of classical antiquity's most influential writers. It examines Plutarch's views on philosophy, history and religion, and his method of intellectual enquiry. The book also considers the value of Plutarch's works as sources for understanding the ancient world.

Product details

• Authors: Geert Roskam, Geert (Ku Leuven Roskam, Roskam Geert
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781009108225
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0910822-5
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: New Surveys in the Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500