![]() ![]() Plutarch is essentially a moralist whose aim is to edify the reader destiny follows from character, which he illustrates by anecdotes. ![]() ![]() The Lives display formidable learning and research. The form of Plutarch's Lives was new he outlined the birth, youth, achievements, and death of his characters, followed by a formal comparison. There are fifty biographies of famous soldiers, legislators, orators, and statesmen, and an additional eighteen comparisons. By comparing a famous Roman with a famous Greek, Plutarch intended to provide model patterns of behaviour and to encourage mutual respect between Greeks and Romans. Plutarch's Lives is a brilliant collection of biographies by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. "It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything." Plutarch "To make no mistakes is not in the power of man but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future." Plutarch "Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech." Plutarch "To be ignorant of the lives of the most celebrated men of antiquity is to continue in a state of childhood all our days." Plutarch "I would rather excel in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my power or possessions." Plutarch ![]()
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