Preface

Traditional Order Of The Moralia

The Roman Questions

Introduction

Text and Translation

The Greek Questions

Introduction

Text and Translation

Greek And Roman Parallel Stories

Introduction

Text and Translation

On The Fortune Of The Romans

Introduction

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On The Fortune Or The Virtue Of Alexander

Introduction

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I

II

Were The Athenians More Famous In War Or In Wisdom?

Introduction

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Index

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Read More by Plutarch:

• Lives, I: Theseus and Romulus. Lycurgus and Numa. Solon and Publicola
• Lives, II: Themistocles and Camillus. Aristides and Cato Major. Cimon and Lucullus
• Lives, III: Pericles and Fabius Maximus. Nicias and Crassus
• Lives, IV: Alcibiades and Coriolanus. Lysander and Sulla
• Lives, V: Agesilaus and Pompey. Pelopidas and Marcellus
• Lives, VI: Dion and Brutus. Timoleon and Aemilius Paulus
• Lives, VII: Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar
• Lives, VIII: Sertorius and Eumenes. Phocion and Cato the Younger
• Lives, IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius
• Lives, X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus
• Lives, XI: Aratus. Artaxerxes. Galba. Otho. General Index
• Moralia, I: The Education of Children. How the Young Man Should Study Poetry. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend. How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in Virtue
• Moralia, II: How to Profit by One's Enemies. On Having Many Friends. Chance. Virtue and Vice. Letter of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Superstition
• Moralia, III: Sayings of Kings and Commanders. Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of Women
• Moralia, V: Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of Oracles
• Moralia, VI: Can Virtue Be Taught? On Moral Virtue. On the Control of Anger. On Tranquility of Mind. On Brotherly Love. On Affection for Offspring. Whether Vice Be Sufficient to Cause Unhappiness. Whether the Affections of the Soul are Worse Than Those of the Body. Concerning Talkativeness. On Being a Busybody
• Moralia, VII: On Love of Wealth. On Compliancy. On Envy and Hate. On Praising Oneself Inoffensively. On the Delays of the Divine Vengeance. On Fate. On the Sign of Socrates. On Exile. Consolation to His Wife
• Moralia, VIII: Table-talk, Books 1-6
• Moralia, IX: Table-Talk, Books 7-9. Dialogue on Love
• Moralia, X: Love Stories. That a Philosopher Ought to Converse Especially With Men in Power. To an Uneducated Ruler. Whether an Old Man Should Engage in Public Affairs. Precepts of Statecraft. On Monarchy, Democracy, and Oligarchy. That We Ought Not to Borrow. Lives of the Ten Orators. Summary of a Comparison Between Aristophanes and Menander
• Moralia, XI: On the Malice of Herodotus. Causes of Natural Phenomena
• Moralia, XII: Concerning the Face Which Appears in the Orb of the Moon. On the Principle of Cold. Whether Fire or Water Is More Useful. Whether Land or Sea Animals Are Cleverer. Beasts Are Rational. On the Eating of Flesh
• Moralia, XIII: Part 1. Platonic Essays
• Moralia, XIII: Part 2. Stoic Essays
• Moralia, XIV: That Epicurus Actually Makes a Pleasant Life Impossible. Reply to Colotes in Defence of the Other Philosophers. Is "Live Unknown" a Wise Precept? On Music
• Moralia, XV: Fragments
• Moralia, XVI: Index

Read More by Frank Cole Babbitt:

• Moralia, I: The Education of Children. How the Young Man Should Study Poetry. On Listening to Lectures. How to Tell a Flatterer from a Friend. How a Man May Become Aware of His Progress in Virtue
• Moralia, II: How to Profit by One's Enemies. On Having Many Friends. Chance. Virtue and Vice. Letter of Condolence to Apollonius. Advice About Keeping Well. Advice to Bride and Groom. The Dinner of the Seven Wise Men. Superstition
• Moralia, III: Sayings of Kings and Commanders. Sayings of Romans. Sayings of Spartans. The Ancient Customs of the Spartans. Sayings of Spartan Women. Bravery of Women
• Moralia, V: Isis and Osiris. The E at Delphi. The Oracles at Delphi No Longer Given in Verse. The Obsolescence of Oracles