Plutarch
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| "It is not [[histories]] I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue of vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die." -- [[Plutarch]] (''Life of Alexander/Life of Julius Caesar'', Parallel Lives, [tr. E.L. Bowie]) | "It is not [[histories]] I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue of vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die." -- [[Plutarch]] (''Life of Alexander/Life of Julius Caesar'', Parallel Lives, [tr. E.L. Bowie]) | ||
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| - | "Alexander himself went to visit him. He found him lying at full length, basking in the sun. At the approach of so many people, he sat up, and looked at Alexander. Alexander greeted him, and enquired whether he could do anything for him. "Yes," answered [[Diogenes]], "you can stand a little on one side, and not keep the sun off me.""--''[[Parallel Lives]]'' () by Plutarch | + | "[[Alexander]] himself went to visit him. He found him lying at full length, basking in the [[sun]]. At the approach of so many people, he sat up, and looked at Alexander. Alexander greeted him, and enquired whether he could do anything for him. "Yes," answered [[Diogenes]], "you can stand a little on one side, and not keep the sun off me.""--''[[Parallel Lives]]'' () by Plutarch |
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| + | "If I say that I lie when I am lying, do I lie or tell the truth?", the [[liar problem]] alluded to in [[De recta ratione audiendi]] | ||
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| - | '''Plutarch''', born '''Plutarchos''' (Greek: Πλούταρχος) then, on his becoming a [[Roman citizen]], '''Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus''' (Μέστριος Πλούταρχος), ''c.'' 46 – 120 CE, was a [[Greek historian]], [[biographer]], [[essayist]], and [[Middle Platonism|Middle Platonist]] known primarily for his ''[[Parallel Lives]]'' and ''[[Moralia]]''. He was born to a prominent family in [[Chaeronea]], [[Boeotia]], a town about twenty miles east of [[Delphi]]. | + | '''Plutarch''' (''c.'' 46 – 120 CE) was a [[Greek historian]], [[biographer]], [[essayist]], and [[Middle Platonism|Middle Platonist]] known primarily for his ''[[Parallel Lives]]'' and ''[[Moralia]]''. He was born to a prominent family in [[Chaeronea]], [[Boeotia]], a town about twenty miles east of [[Delphi]]. |
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"It is not histories I am writing, but lives; and in the most glorious deeds there is not always an indication of virtue of vice, indeed a small thing like a phrase or a jest often makes a greater revelation of a character than battles where thousands die." -- Plutarch (Life of Alexander/Life of Julius Caesar, Parallel Lives, [tr. E.L. Bowie]) "Alexander himself went to visit him. He found him lying at full length, basking in the sun. At the approach of so many people, he sat up, and looked at Alexander. Alexander greeted him, and enquired whether he could do anything for him. "Yes," answered Diogenes, "you can stand a little on one side, and not keep the sun off me.""--Parallel Lives () by Plutarch "If I say that I lie when I am lying, do I lie or tell the truth?", the liar problem alluded to in De recta ratione audiendi |
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Plutarch (c. 46 – 120 CE) was a Greek historian, biographer, essayist, and Middle Platonist known primarily for his Parallel Lives and Moralia. He was born to a prominent family in Chaeronea, Boeotia, a town about twenty miles east of Delphi.
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